Our Continuing Guide to Mal-Speak, the strange language spoken by WOWT's Maladroit Maddox (with thanks to several alert viewers for their contributions):
ACK-suh-dint: mishapBASE-mint: the below-grade portion of a buildingBIN-ing-tun: town in NW Douglas CountyBIN-sun: neighborhood in north-central OmahaDawdge: main east-west street in Omaha
DUB-yo-DUB-ya-TEE: the call letters of the station where Malorie worksEEE-mell: message(s) received via the internet
epp: the opposite of downfeud: nourishment, sustenance
HAW-kee: game played on ice and loved by Canadianshawt: warmer than warmhell: frozen precipitation, usually associated with severe thunderstormsheld: past tense of hell, when used as a verb (example: "It held last night and dintid my kawr.")HUNN-erd: one more than 99IMM-tee: the opposite of fullINN-erd: went inkawks: cable system serving most of OmahaKUN-ver-ter BAWX: device needed to receive digital TV signals on analog sets
MEH-thur (rhymes with weather): a woman who has given birth; female parent
ments: calendar divisions of 28 to 31 daysMEW-vee: motion picture
MINN-ee: a large number; more than a few
PEB-lick: not privateREST-ee: new meteorologist; out of practice
rill: authentic; the opposite of fake
rint: to lease
SIN-ner: street that runs east-west in Omaha, first major thoroughfare south of Pacific Street
streenth: a property of being strong; intensitythim: those people
tin: the number between nine and eleventinse: uptight; not relaxed
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