Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carmageddon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: car-maged-don
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The anticipated traffic jam resulting from closing a major freeway.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Outreach for Carmageddon earned Metro and Caltrans a Project of the Year award from the California Transportation Foundation, but the key mark of success had always been removing traffic from the Sepulveda Pass that July weekend."
"California highway officials are hoping for a repeat performance at the end of April as Carmageddon 2.0 threatens once more to rear its ugly head."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Anglo-Norman carrebor. Middle English carre English car Middle English Hermagedon English Armageddon blend English Carmageddon Blend of car + Armageddon.

Usage

American usage

Questions

What does carmageddon mean?: The anticipated traffic jam resulting from closing a major freeway.
Where does carmageddon come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Anglo-Norman carrebor. Middle English carre English car Middle English Hermagedon English Armageddon blend English Carmageddon Blend of car + Armageddon.

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