# Snowmegeddon. Worst. Word. Ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551 "2010-02-11T14:26:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/1 "2010-02-11T14:26:24Z")
Whenever I see people going nutso because snow it predicted, I always say “It/s sow. It’s not Armaggedon.” Well, some wise ass had to combine the two and come up with “Snowmegeddon.” When the fuck is snow a sign of the Apocolypse? It’s winter. It’s snow. You’ll be snowbound for two days at most. Stop using this stupid, ridculous word. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/2 "2010-02-11T14:28:46Z")
It must be one hell of a pig if people are confusing it with Armageddon. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/3 "2010-02-11T14:32:29Z")
I liked it. \*\*\*\* backs slowly out of thread\*\*\* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/4 "2010-02-11T14:59:04Z")
I can only agree wholeheartedly with this thread and the OP. “Snowpocalypse” is a far superior term. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/5 "2010-02-11T14:59:50Z")
**Snowpocalypse** is making the rounds too. It’s part of the ongoing, lame-ass trend of creating portmanteau / world amalgams that remains all the rage. _bromance / sexting / frenemy / staycation_ and so on _ad nauseum_. It’s not cute; it’s not clever and a far cry from being remotely original. Bunch of fucktards. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/6 "2010-02-11T15:09:25Z")
The word is loathsome; the sentiment expressed by it is moreso. I do hope you’ll excuse me if I tack on a sub-rant of my own. Dear every-other-fignuts-I-run-into: shut the fuck up about the snow. More specifically… “It’s snowing _again_?!” Yes. Shut the fuck up. “But I’m tired of snow!” Then move south for the winter. Can’t? Then shut the fuck up. “But we never get this much snow here!” Select one of the following: [ul][li]Looks like we do. Shut the fuck up.Four times in one year, two of which accumulated more than three inches? Here, talk to my buddy in D.C.; he’ll tell you to shut the fuck up.[/ul][/li] Really, people. It’s snow. It happens. There will be frozen stuff on the ground for a while, driving might be annoying for a couple of days. You will survive, quite likely unharmed. If you disagree, then take a moment to contemplate your impending doom, reflect upon your life, the things you’ve done, the people you’ve loved; collect yourself, steel your nerves for your imminent white and fluffy demise, and _shut the fuck up_. (And before anyone brings up the recent posts by that guy who’s stuck in Afghanistan thanks to the snow, I assure you that those whose above-referenced bitching I encounter here in southern Virginia aren’t in that same predicament, so please accept this pre-emptive “shut the fuck up”.) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/7 "2010-02-11T15:12:13Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > Bunch of fucktards. Metapost is meta. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/8 "2010-02-11T15:18:16Z")
I suggest we call it **Portmanteaugate**. Unless there’s heavy snow [here](http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hl=en&tab=wl). I am bemused by the idea that Megido is just southeast of Oz. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/9 "2010-02-11T15:26:38Z")
I’m a traditionalist, I prefer “fimbulwinter”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/10 "2010-02-11T15:35:15Z")
I like it - it’s DRAMATIC! SNOWMEGEDDON! It just cries out for exclamation points! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/11 "2010-02-11T16:10:03Z")
It is certainly better than a Schmoomegeddon. Those frackers are heavy and really hurt when they fall on you. And have you ever shoveled a pile of Schmoo’s? Fergidaboutit. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/12 "2010-02-11T16:15:59Z")
But… but then what would be the tagline for Chicago’s NBC affiliate’s [snarky response to ‘omg lots of snow!!!’?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJuMvgWYe7E) Oh wait, they’d probably use the tagline from this year’s update - “Snowpocalypse!” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/13 "2010-02-11T16:20:16Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > It’s part of the ongoing, lame-ass trend of creating portmanteau / world amalgams that remains all the rage. > > _bromance / sexting / frenemy / staycation_ and so on _ad nauseum_. It’s the lastest fad nauseum. Go ahead. Bitch slap me. You know you want to. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/14 "2010-02-11T16:20:38Z")
Snowpocolypse and Snowmageddon were used by me and my friends first to describe the rather over-hyped reactions news programs had to even the hint of a dusting of snow, let alone the possibility of 6+ inches. That and the overreaction of people who would buy out milk bread and eggs like lemmings as if there would never be any more milk, bread or eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/15 "2010-02-11T16:28:05Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > That and the overreaction of people who would buy out milk bread and eggs like lemmings as if there would never be any more milk, bread or eggs. I’ve been having the biggest craving for French toast lately. Can’t for the life of me figure out why, though… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/16 "2010-02-11T16:33:13Z")
Fox is claiming the snow storm proves global warming is a hoax. Yep, thats all over now. No more warming. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/17 "2010-02-11T16:38:18Z")
I did like the word “snoverkill”, though. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/18 "2010-02-11T16:54:11Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Stop using this stupid, ridculous word. You’re right. Snowmegeddon \*is \*stupid and ridiculous. Everyone knows it’s snowm **a** geddon. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/19 "2010-02-11T16:55:44Z")
SMG\*, people! \*snow my god ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/20 "2010-02-11T16:58:56Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Everyone knows it’s snowm **a** geddon. Well, everyone except the blizztards, don’tcha mean? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551.md?page=2)