econolypse
n.—Gloss: The current economic crisis. Note: “Economy” + “apocalypse.” «The question now is whether the company can manage itself successfully past what the wags now commonly refer to as the “econolypse.”» —“IBM on 2009: Yes we can” by Charles Cooper CNET News Jan. 20, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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