snow-mageddon
n.— «Plenty of snow is heading our way for the holidays, along with freezing rain and high winds. With two looming storms, and a possible third on Christmas Eve, Environment Canada is dubbing it “snow-mageddon.”» —“ ‘Snow-mageddon’ predicted” by John Law The Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) Dec. 18, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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