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Moneygeddon

UK/ˌmʌniːˈɡɛdən/

Moneygeddon proper noun: the late-2000s world economic recession.

Proper noun

Moneygeddon

  1. (humorous, neologism, often) The late-2000s world economic recession.
    • 2009: “Graham Thurlwell”, alt.tv.farscape (Google group): Crisis – what crisis?, the 22ⁿᵈ day of May at 9:55pm
      Meanwhile, The Minister For Women and Equality is busy banging on about how there aren’t enough women in the City and HMG should force companies to hire more women at the highest level...

Origin of Moneygeddon

Coined by Danielle Ward and a public-relations think-tank for the first episode of the first series of Newswipe with Charlie Brooker, first televised on Wednesday 25 March in 2009 on BBC Four: money + -geddon, from Armageddon (“the end of the world”).

Questions about Moneygeddon

What does Moneygeddon mean?
Moneygeddon means the late-2000s world economic recession.
What part of speech is Moneygeddon?
Moneygeddon is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Moneygeddon?
Moneygeddon is pronounced /ˌmʌniːˈɡɛdən/ (UK).

Words near Moneygeddon in the dictionary

  1. moneychangers
  2. moneychanging
  3. moneyed
  4. moneyer
  5. moneyers
  6. Moneygeddon
  7. moneygrubber
  8. moneygrubbers
  9. moneygrubbing
  10. moneyhatting
  11. moneyholder

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