Big One en · NOUN
Meanings
- (colloquial, usually, with the) A hypothetical massive earthquake somewhere along the Pacific coast of North America, but especially one projected to cause catastrophic damage to a major city such as Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, or Los Angeles.
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(broadly, colloquial) Any other hypothetical event with the potential to be far more devastating than previous events of the same type.
Near-synonym: mother of all
Oh, it's the worst one, this is the Big One [heart attack]! I'm dyin! You hear that, Elizabeth, I'm comin to join ya, honey [in Heaven]!
1972, Sanford and Son, spoken by Fred G. Sanford (Redd Foxx (John Elroy Sanford)):
Coordinates
Big Four · big daddy · big five · big eight · big two · Big Three · big six