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snowpocalypse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/ (General-American)
• /snəʊˈpɒkəlɪps/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From snow + -pocalypse.

Meanings

1. (informal) An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.
   • 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. 2014, Karen Gaudette Brewer, Seafood Lover's Pacific Northwest: Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions, Globe Pequot, →ISBN, page 5:
   • I'd also like to thank the Atlanta Snowpocalypse of 2011 for giving me a large block of uninterrupted writing time. 2012, Marilyn Wolf, “Preface”, in Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page xxiii:
   • “It's a snowpocalypse out there, folks,” said the newscaster in the studio. 2015, Julia London, One Mad Night, Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

blizzaster · Snowmageddon