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hurriquake

noun

Etymology

Blend of hurricane + earthquake. First attested in 1999 as a nonce word.

  1. inherited from erthequake
  2. compounded as hurriquake — “hurricane + earthquake”

Definitions

  1. An incidence of a hurricane and an earthquake occurring in quick succession.

    • The year of the hurriquake?

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA