英和和英

語源

Back-formation from Armageddon.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɡɛdən/

接尾辞

-geddon

1. Indicating a disastrous or cataclysmic event or situation involving the referenced person or thing.
   • 2012, Michael Lanza, Before They're Gone: A Family's Year-Long Quest to Explore America's Most Endangered National Parks, page 104:

     Colorado stood at the brink of an outbreak that another Forest Service entomologist would dub “Beetlegeddon.”

   • 2017, Hollie Newton, How to Grow: A Guide for Gardeners Who Can't Garden Yet, page 169:

     Every year, I start with such good intentions. Then comes 'Tomatogeddon'. Horticultural humiliation. But together, we shall learn how to grow respectable, prolific tomato plants.

   • 2017 October 16, Eleanor Ainge Roy, “Chipocalypse: potato shortage in New Zealand sparks crisp crisis”, in The Guardian:

     Fears grow of ‘potatogeddon’ after up to 30% of the crop are hit by heavy rains blamed on climate change

使用する際の注意点

• The form -mageddon is used with monosyllabic stems in order to match the syllabicity of Armageddon.

派生語

参考

• -pocalypse

アナグラム

• donged, Dodgen, Godden, dog-end, dogend