Re: IJzelman- ?

I can't refrain from communicating to all of you the magic the
wonderful neologism IJzelman conveys to this native carrier of Dutch.

IJzel is the relatively unusual weather condition by which rain is
converted into ice on reaching the ground (German Glatteis, I don't
know in English). Traffic stops. Nobody can leave the house. Cars
glide into ditches or worse, inexorably and with incredible elegance.

So an IJzelman must be a male person somehow connected with that
weather condition, but since the compound does not specify the
relationship you have to fill it in yourself:


- A male person who produces ijzel, either because it is his job or
in some other capacity?

- A male person forecasting or watching out for ijzel?

- A male person who appears only during ijzel?

- A male person distributing ijzel (cf. ijscoman)?

- A male person who knows some tricks connected with ijzel, for
instance who can walk on it?

- An effigy of a male person made from ijzel (cf. sneeuwman)?


There are no limits and the compound conveys a strong suggestion that
the concept of "ijzelman" really exists.


Willem