Armageddon overkill

March 7th, 2016 by Charles Cameron

[ by Charles Cameron — on abuses of word and image ]

Exhinit A, The Four Horsies of the ‘Pocapypse:

Meet Calamity (Pestilence), Raven (Famine), Clash (War) and Ghost (Death). They’re the Four Horsies of the ‘Pocalypse (or at least they would be if they could only get their act together)! This next-generation of doombringers are on a mission to destroy the Earth, but to do so, they’ll have to beat the likes of Queen Chroma and her rainbow sprite army! Too bad they can’t crack teamwork to save their lives.

Exhibit B, Juan Cole today:

Juan Cole asks:

Is Iraq Army Preparing for Armageddon with ISIL?

Armageddon? No, that would be near Haifa, not Mosul. And besides, for IS to take a battle seriously it would need to be at or near Dabiq, not Tel Megiddo.

Exhibit C, the Urban Dictionary:

-pocalypse

a suffix that is affixed to any word that describes the cause of a situation of relative discomfort derived from the last 3 syllables of ‘armageddon.’

As of late, the suffix “-pocalypse” has been popularized in the media, trying to make a minor event bigger than it is. Interestingly, an actual apocalypse would likely go by another name, or receive the suffix anyway. i.e. ‘Armageddonopalypse.’

Related suffix: “-mageddon”

The Hyphen is not always used.

Someone left the ‘fridge open, now were having the mold-pocalypse of ’11

by annoyedCitizen70 July 19, 2011

You might have thought once was enough..

January 2009, Mild winter easy on city budget

December 2009, Crushed! Snowpocalypse crippled Washington, D.C. on this date in 2009

February 2010, Snowmageddon, Blizzard of 2010

February 2011, video, Snowpocalypse, Chicago 2011

January 2012, ‘Snowpocalypse 2012’ For Small Alaskan Town

February 2013, Time lapse video of the 2013 Snowpocalypse in the Northeast

January 2014, Atlanta ‘snowpocalypse’ mocked after 2 inches of snow strands thousands