This was a departure from the previously used term "Puppet Korea" that implied the South was not an independent country but a U.S. puppet state. This map, uploaded to RedNote on January 28 ...

Heavy snow and ice will fall in eight states from Texas to the Carolinas ... Travel will grind to a halt in the Deep South as snow accumulates in cities that don’t often use snowplows.

A polar vortex dipping down from Siberia is bringing a cold front with frigid temperatures to millions Americans. See maps of the arctic blast.