Snow Joke! Alexandria Wants You to Name Its Snowplows
Alexandria is looking for names with plenty of plow-er. Residents have until November 22 to submit their best winter wordplay.
November 13, 2026 | ALEXANDRIA, VA — Somewhere in Alexandria, a hardworking snowplow has an identity crisis.
It has the horsepower. It has the enormous blade. It has the ability to rescue your street from a winter wonderland gone wrong.
What it needs is a name.
And the City of Alexandria’s Department of Transportation & Environmental Services (T&ES) wants your help.
As the city gears up for whatever winter has in store, Alexandria is inviting people to put their creativity to work naming its snowplows. The request, shared on Instagram, opens the door to some gloriously groan-worthy winter puns.
Think of a name that would make you smile when the forecast makes you reach for the snow shovel. Something with a little local personality. Or something so wonderfully silly that it deserves to be printed on the side of a truck.
It’s snow laughing matter. Actually, it is.
Imagine looking out the window as the snow piles up and saying, “Here comes the plow!” Now imagine being able to call that plow by the ridiculous name you invented.
There is, after all, no shortage of possibilities: Snow Problem, Plow and Order, or perhaps Flurry McFlurryface. Those are The Zebra Press’s suggestions. Alexandria readers can surely do better.
How to enter
The submission deadline is Sunday, November 22, 2026.
Submit a snowplow name using the contest form here.
And while you’re brainstorming, tell us your favorite in the comments. We’d love to hear which names deserve a place in Alexandria snow-removal history.
