Bombadan
n.— «Ramadan becomes a shopping holiday—this is a good thing for a holiday some have coined “Bombadan” because of the frequency of bombings during this period.» —“The Ramadan shopping season” by Ed Lasky American Thinker Oct. 14, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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