Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snowpocalypse

/snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: snow-poc-a-lypse
IPA: /snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.

Informal

Example Sentences

"I'd also like to thank the Atlanta Snowpocalypse of 2011 for giving me a large block of uninterrupted writing time."
"The “snowpocalypse” of 2008 paralyzed hilly Seattle in part due to reluctance to salt the roads for fear of harming Puget Sound and nearby streams, though it turned out that sanding the roads can also be harmful."
"“It's a snowpocalypse out there, folks,” said the newscaster in the studio."

Etymology

From snow + -pocalypse.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: snow

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/
British English: /snəʊˈpɒkəlɪps/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

snowpocalypses (plural)

Synonyms

blizzaster Snowmageddon

Questions

How do you pronounce snowpocalypse?: The recorded pronunciation is /snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/.
What does snowpocalypse mean?: An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.
Where does snowpocalypse come from?: From snow + -pocalypse.

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