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hah!
So to do my duty by the original thread, I'll offer the phrase 'wind chill factor'.
AFAIK it's a namericanism which has nowadays prolly spread all over the world. I remember recognising it as a strange term when I worked in Moo Joisey - and soon realising its udder uniqueness when beholding a calf with ears lost through frostbite!
A Britism heard on Radio 4 a few times is the delightful "organised rain", as in 'a period of showers will be follwed by MOR spreading in from the West later...'
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