Sun showers really are pretty common in the world of meteorology, but I can guarantee you that you haven't heard some of the bizarre and frankly hilarious terms for sun showers given by people all over the world.

Even I have not heard of all of them, so please comment below if you don't see yours in the article below.

First: the definition

Sun showers are simply the occurrence of rain in your area while you can see the sun shining. This is more common than you may think.

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The easiest way is when a very localized shower is occurring where you are, but the cloud is so small that it doesn't actually block the sun from where you are. You are able to experience both at the same time.

It could also happen because rain is falling in a cloud not directly over you, but strong prevailing winds are carrying the rain far from the cloud it originated from.

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Another way is that a cloud is rapidly dissipating due to an influx of dry air that choked the cloud out. The rain could already have left the cloud and be falling and still impact you, since some rain can take minutes to reach the ground.

The most common way I have experienced a sun shower is when a strong line of storms moves through, and remnant showers remain in the area for a few minutes after the storms leave. The sun starts to break through the clouds, but some clouds could still be generating rain.

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The key is that this is a matter of perspective. You could be in an area where clouds block out the sun for you while it is raining, but someone else could still see the sun during the same scattered showers.

People in Alaska and Hawaii have apparently called sun showers liquid sunshine. A pretty good name if you ask me.

The stranger terms

The moment you have all been waiting for. Some of the most unusual terms for sun showers.

Let's start with the names involving animals. And some of these are not perfect translations but are still worth mentioning due to the interesting nature of these unique names.

In Japan, these can be called "kitsune no yomeiri," which translates to the fox's wedding.

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The Korean version of this is slightly different. It centers around a lovelorn fox that is in love with a tiger but cries when the tiger gets married to someone else. That is why some people say "the day of the fox's marriage" (여우 시집가는 날) or "the day of the tiger's marriage"(호랑이 장가가는 날).

In South Africa, they often call it a "monkey's wedding."

In Hindi, they often say it is the "jackals' wedding." Then there are Armenians saying a "wolf is giving birth on a mountain," and Spanish people say, "rabbit giving birth."

There are also a lot of people who have a phrase involving the devil ... very strange. In the United States, the phrase is often that "the devil is beating his wife" because the devil is mad that God made the sun come out and her tears are the rain. In Tennessee, they say "the devil is kissing his wife," so pretty much the opposite.

France has "le diable bat sa femme et marie sa fille," which translates to "the devil beats his wife and marries his daughter." But French people also say "le diable bat sa femme pour avoir des crêpes," or "the devil beats his wife to have crêpes," the only one that I found involving food like this.

Then there are the ones involving witches.

In Polish, people say “słońce świeci, deszczyk pada, baba jaga masło składa,” which translates as, “When the sun is shining and the rain is raining, the witch is making butter.”

In Portugal, they say "the witches are making soft bread," while in Catalan, they say, "the witches comb their hair."

Please let me know if I missed any because this was fun to research!