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You know, when it rains, and it just can't run away fast enough, and 'standing water' seems so insignificant. Can I offer 'macropuddle' to the language? Or perhaps 'novalake' or perhaps you know better?
John
From sunny, sunny Southend-on-sea, Essex, UK
From sunny, sunny Southend-on-sea, Essex, UK
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plash - a shallow piece of standing water, a pool made by inundation or by the rain
(BTW, lakes, ponds, pools etc. all classify as standing water..)
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plash? where does that come from? and the obvious question: how is it related(if it is) to splash? welcome, John! 
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Plash is from the Old English plęsc. Splash may be an alteration of plash, according to the AHD.
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splash in a plash! thanks, Fald!
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Poodles piddle puddles. If you crossed a poodle with a Great Dane you could get
macropuddles.
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Hi John! Plash...I immediately thought of floating paper boats on it! I really like this word. Great synesthesia too; you can almost 'hear' plash!
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If you crossed a puddle with a Great Dane you likely will be splashed...
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If you crossed a puddle with a Great Dane you likely will be splashed... Ohmigawd--wsieber made a joke! And it was a good one!
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Curious about synonyms for 'standing water,' I checked 'plash' on MW Unabridged. Well, nothing much there. But there was a synonym for the verb 'plash' that I hadn't heard before:
spurtle
Silly-sounding word, spurtle. Here's the MW definition:
"Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): spurtled; spurtled; spurtling \]d.li, ]t()li\; spurtles
Etymology: freq. of 3spurt
transitive verb : to cover with spatterings : SPRINKLE
intransitive verb : to break forth suddenly in a stream or spatter <the white spurtling surf -- Russell Thacher> "
But then there's a noun, spurtle, that was definied as a spatula-like cooking implement (chiefly Scottish) used for turning griddle cakes. Wonder whether it was named the spurtle because of the spurtling sound of those griddle cakes cooking?
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