Moneygeddon en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- mŭ'nēgĕʹdən (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌmʌniːˈɡɛdən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Coined by Danielle Ward and a public-relations think-tank for the first episode of the first series of Newswipe with Charlie Brooker, first televised on Wednesday 25 March in 2009 on BBC Four: money + -geddon, from Armageddon (“the end of the world”).
Meanings
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(humorous, neologism, often) The late-2000s world economic recession.
2009: “Graham Thurlwell”, alt.tv.farscape (Google group): Crisis – what crisis?, the 22ⁿᵈ day of May at 9:55pm Meanwhile, The Minister For Women and Equality is busy banging on about how there aren’t enough women in the City and HMG should force companies to hire more women at the highest level because women wouldn’t have brought about Moneygeddon – no, honest they wouldn’t.
wikipedia: Newswipe with Charlie Brooker · wikipedia: Danielle Ward · wikipedia: BBC Four