snowpocalypse
English
Etymology
snow + -pocalypse.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /snəʊˈpɒkəlɪps/
- Hyphenation: snow‧poc‧a‧lypse
Noun
snowpocalypse (plural snowpocalypses)
- (informal) An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.
- 2014, Karen Gaudette Brewer, Seafood Lover's Pacific Northwest: Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions, Globe Pequot, →ISBN, page 5:
- 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.
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