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snowpocalypse

noun
/snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/US/snəʊˈpɒkəlɪps/UK

Etymology

From snow + -pocalypse.

  1. inherited from snouen — “to snow; (figurative) to shower”
  2. inherited from *snóygʷʰos✻ — “snow”
  3. inherited from *snaiwaz✻ — “snow”
  4. inherited from *snaiw✻ — “snow”
  5. inherited from snāw — “snow”
  6. inherited from snaw
  7. suffixed as snowpocalypse — “snow + pocalypse”

Definitions

  1. An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.

    • I'd also like to thank the Atlanta Snowpocalypse of 2011 for giving me a large block of uninterrupted writing time.
    • The “snowpocalypse” of 2008 paralyzed hilly Seattle in part due to reluctance to salt the roads for fear of harming Puget Sound and nearby streams, though it turned out that sanding the roads can also be harmful.
    • “It's a snowpocalypse out there, folks,” said the newscaster in the studio.

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