Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermageddon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ther-maged-don
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A proposed apocalypse caused by the rising temperatures of climate change.

Example Sentences

"Thermageddon is clearly not happening; the seas are not rising, and the poles are stubbornly refusing to melt, despite the efforts of thousands of climate change bureaucrats and climate modelers to make it so."

Etymology

Coined by Greenpeace co-founder Robert Hunter in his 2003 book, Thermageddon: Countdown to 2030, from thermal + -geddon (after Armageddon (“the end of the world”)).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thermal

Questions

What does thermageddon mean?: A proposed apocalypse caused by the rising temperatures of climate change.
Where does thermageddon come from?: Coined by Greenpeace co-founder Robert Hunter in his 2003 book, Thermageddon: Countdown to 2030, from thermal + -geddon (after Armageddon (“the end of the world”)).

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