Meanings
plural replyallpocalypses · alternative reply allpocalypse
- 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 Guardian1 more example
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 GizmodoSynonyms: email storm
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of email storm.
Origin
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replyallpocalypse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replyallpocalypse
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