snowmageddon

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proper noun

A severe blizzard or series of blizzards affecting one locale.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

snowmageddon1

nounsnowmageddon (plural snowmageddons)

plural snowmageddons

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Snowmageddon.

Snowmageddon2

proper noun

alternative snowageddon · alternative snow-mageddon · alternative snowmageddon

  1. informalA severe blizzard or series of blizzards affecting one locale.

    It was Super Bowl 44 Sunday. Snowmageddon was upon us like “The Day After Tomorrow.”

    2010, Rose A. Valenta, Sitting on Cold Porcelain, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 17
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    A weather bulletin from Environment Canada warned that much of southern Ontario will be hit Friday and Sunday by significant snowstorms. The storms appear ominous enough that officials compiling the bulletin actually wrote, "Could this be snow-mageddon?"

    2008 December 17, “'Snow-mageddon' in Toronto?”, in CBC News

    Unfortunately, their peaceful existence would soon be disturbed by a new villain. More evil and twice as despicable, Snowmageddon had come to town.

    2008, Chris Wright, Winter Blast

    A massive blizzard dubbed "Snowmageddon" by president Barack Obama is causing chaos in the eastern US, with parts of the region buried under more than 20in [50cm] of snow.

    2010 February 6, David Batty, “‘Snowmageddon’ brings Washington to a standstill”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: blizzaster, snowpocalypse

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA severe blizzard or series of blizzards affecting one locale.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sneygʷʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snóygʷʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*snaiwaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*snaiw
  5. Old Englishsnāw
  6. Middle Englishsnow
  7. Englishsnow
  8. EnglishSnowmageddon

From snow + -mageddon or a blend of snow + Armageddon, popularized by Barack Obama in 2010.

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APA

snowmageddon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowmageddon

MLA

“snowmageddon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowmageddon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowmageddon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowmageddon.

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