It's been a rainy week here in Chicago. I have 3 umbrellas right now and 2 of them are broken. I bought one of them on Tuesday and by yesterday, it was already broken. The 2 broken umbrellas have lifetime warranties, but it costs more time and money to take them to the post office. The bottom line is that Chicago weather renders umbrellas useless. The bottom bottom line is that I should just wear a poncho. 

So, I saw this tweet from Merriam-Webster recently. I love the word bumbershoot! It's so cute. According to MW, bumber is an alteration of umbr (umbrella) and shoot  is an alteration of chute (parachute). 

Don't like bumbershoot? Try brolly.