# 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:** 2
**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, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/21 "2010-02-11T16:59:07Z")
This is a thread about snomenclature. ---
**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, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/22 "2010-02-11T17:02:58Z")
It’s the warm period after the storm you really have to watch out for, though. It’s just thawful. ---
**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, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/23 "2010-02-11T17:09:40Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > It’s the warm period after the storm you really have to watch out for, though. It’s just thawful. I now hate all of you. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/24 "2010-02-11T17:21:17Z")
People are talking about having cabin fever… after being indoors one or two days. What is the name of the disease that causes you to forget what words mean? I can’t seem to remember… maybe I should make one up. ---
**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, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/25 "2010-02-11T17:23:47Z")
Thingy. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/26 "2010-02-11T18:09:11Z")
> [@Roland\_Orzabal](#): > > 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”.) Great post! 😃 ---
**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, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/27 "2010-02-11T18:10:40Z")
Thank god you quoted all of it, so that we could read it all over again, instead of having to scroll up a whole 20 if we wanted to re-read it. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/28 "2010-02-11T18:21:48Z")
Meh. The Eskimos have at least 100 words better than Snowmageddon. ---
**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, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/29 "2010-02-11T18:57:48Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Fox is claiming the snow storm proves global warming is a hoax. Yep, thats all over now. No more warming. No! I want my warming! I want +30ºC in the middle of winter! (That’s 80F or so for you hold-outs!) ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/30 "2010-02-11T19:11:25Z")
cue Simpsons comic book guy. Worst…snowjob…ever… ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/31 "2010-02-11T19:23:45Z")
snowmgod, it’s like a Blizzasaurus Rex out there! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/32 "2010-02-11T19:27:11Z")
> [@Roland\_Orzabal](#): > > 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”.) > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Great post! 😃 Right! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/33 "2010-02-11T19:30:04Z")
Did no one suggest Snowzilla? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/34 "2010-02-11T19:37:40Z")
I thought they were calling it Snownami. That’s not bad, is it? It’s probably Obama’s fault for offending God. In that case, we can call it snowgate. ---
**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, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/35 "2010-02-11T19:39:29Z")
Food, hell. I wonder about people who fill shopping carts with bottled water. What do they think snow is made of? And toilet paper I’m sure Laura Ingalls-freaking-house-on-the praire wasn’t so worried about her outhouse. ---
**Author:** ![deball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@deball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deball)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/36 "2010-02-11T19:47:05Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > **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. +1. If I hear the word “Bacne” on the radio again, as in acne on your back, I may flip. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/37 "2010-02-11T19:49:46Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Fox is claiming the snow storm proves global warming is a hoax. Yep, thats all over now. No more warming. And if it had been warm I’m sure they would be debunking the myth of “seasonal weather patterns”. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/38 "2010-02-11T20:03:49Z")
In lieu of any original comment from me, here’s a funny bit from last night’s [Daily Show](http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-10-2010/unusually-large-snowstorm). ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/39 "2010-02-11T20:34:02Z")
Snowagnarok ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551/40 "2010-02-11T22:19:21Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > **Snowpocalypse** is making the rounds too. I’ve also seen _SnOMG!!!_ Actually, one of the funnier things about this is the mockery of Canadians who find the panic over snow amusing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmegeddon-worst-word-ever/528551.md?page=3)