-geddon en · X
Pronunciation
Etymology
Back-formation from Armageddon.
Meanings
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(morpheme) Indicating a disastrous or cataclysmic event or situation involving the referenced person or thing.
Every year, I start with such good intentions. Then comes 'Tomatogeddon'. Horticultural humiliation. But together, we shall learn how to grow respectable, prolific tomato plants.
2017, Hollie Newton, How to Grow: A Guide for Gardeners Who Can't Garden Yet, page 169:Colorado stood at the brink of an outbreak that another Forest Service entomologist would dub “Beetlegeddon.”
2012, Michael Lanza, Before They're Gone: A Family's Year-Long Quest to Explore America's Most Endangered National Parks, page 104:Fears grow of ‘potatogeddon’ after up to 30% of the crop are hit by heavy rains blamed on climate change
2017 October 16, Eleanor Ainge Roy, “Chipocalypse: potato shortage in New Zealand sparks crisp crisis”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| -mageddon | alternative | lexicographic | |
| -ageddon | alternative | lexicographic |