snowpocalypse

English

Etymology

From snow +‎ -pocalypse.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /snəʊˈpɒkəlɪps/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: snow‧poc‧a‧lypse

Noun

snowpocalypse (plural snowpocalypses)

1. (informal) An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.
   • 2012, Marilyn Wolf, “Preface”, in Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design‎^[1], Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page xxiii:

     I'd also like to thank the Atlanta Snowpocalypse of 2011 for giving me a large block of uninterrupted writing time.

   • 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.

   • 2015, Julia London, One Mad Night‎^[2], Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN:

     “It's a snowpocalypse out there, folks,” said the newscaster in the studio.

Synonyms

• blizzaster, Snowmageddon