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It's been driving me crazy. Does anyone know where the term came from?

Date: 2010-02-25 12:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] panacea1.livejournal.com
I seem to recall first hearing it last winter when Oregon got wave after wave of snow that stuck.

That might have been "snowmageddon" though. I lose track of other people's snow.

(Actually, I've lost track of my own snow. It's gone. Do you know where it went?)

Date: 2010-02-25 01:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deor.livejournal.com
(It's headed my way.)

Date: 2010-02-25 01:16 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] moxie_man
"snowpocalypse" seems to have originated two years ago in the northwest US (Seattle). I'm guessing the folks in [livejournal.com profile] panacea1's beloved adopted home state didn't want to be associated with Seattle, so they coined "snowmageddon".

I wonder if either term had been used in the 2004 movie, The Day After Tomorrow. I don't recall having only seen it once on VHS back then.

Date: 2010-02-26 08:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deor.livejournal.com
Yes; I thought it was fairly recent.

The latest version seems to be "snurricane" now.

Date: 2010-10-17 02:35 am (UTC)
ext_12246: (Dr.Whomster)
From: [identity profile] thnidu.livejournal.com
"Snowpocalypse" has been traced to December 2005 (http://rbohlender.blogspot.com/2005/12/snowpocalypse-is-upon-us.html) (noted by Ben Zimmer (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2166/) this January). Of course, it could easily have been independently re-invented.

See also, if you feel like it: Arnold Zwicky (http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/portmansnow-round-2/), and the American Dialect Society archive (http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?S2=ADS-L&q=snowpocalypse&s=&f=&a=&b=), which is where I reached these from.
Edited Date: 2010-10-17 02:38 am (UTC)

Date: 2010-10-17 07:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deor.livejournal.com
Thanks for the info and link!

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