Carmageddon

English

Etymology

Blend of car +‎ armageddon

Proper noun

Carmageddon

  1. (US, California) The anticipated traffic jam resulting from closing a major freeway.
    • 2013, Susan Bregman, Kari Edison Watkins, Best Practices for Transportation Agency Use of Social Media‎, →ISBN, page 120:
      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.
    • 2020, Barnini Chakraborty, “California officials warn of Carmageddon 2.0, tell residents to steer clear of highway”, in Fox News:
      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.
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