Meanings
snowmageddon1
plural snowmageddons
- Alternative letter-case form of Snowmageddon.
Snowmageddon2
alternative snowageddon · alternative snow-mageddon · alternative snowmageddon
- 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 173 more examples
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 NewsUnfortunately, 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 BlastA 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 GuardianSynonyms: blizzaster, snowpocalypse
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA severe blizzard or series of blizzards affecting one locale.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sneygʷʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*snóygʷʰos
- Proto-Germanic*snaiwaz
- Proto-West Germanic*snaiw
- Old Englishsnāw
- Middle Englishsnow
- Englishsnow
- EnglishSnowmageddon
From snow + -mageddon or a blend of snow + Armageddon, popularized by Barack Obama in 2010.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
snowmageddon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowmageddon
“snowmageddon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowmageddon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowmageddon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowmageddon.
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