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replyallpocalypse en · NOUN

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Etymology

reply all + -pocalypse

Meanings

1. Synonym of email storm.
   • We’ve now had 20 years of cautionary tales about replyallpocalypses. For the sake of workplace harmony: keep your pointer off the nuclear button. 2017 February 3, Elle Hunt, “When is it appropriate to reply all? Mostly never”, in The Guardian:
   • Hitting "reply all" on a mass email is generally a bad idea, but a meltdown at the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is the worst reply allpocalypse we’ve ever seen. According to The Guardian, more than 186 million useless emails were sent out, after a technician sent a "test" message to all 1.2 million employees of the NHS. 2016 November 14, Christina Warren, “This Is the Worst Reply Allpocalypse We've Ever Seen”, in Gizmodo:

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email storm