Moneygeddon

English

Etymology

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 the 25^th of March in 2009 on BBC Four: money + (Arma)geddon (“the end of the world”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: mə'nēgĕʹdŭn, IPA: /ˌməniːˈɡɛdʌn/, SAMPA: /%m@ni:"gEdVn/

Proper noun

Moneygeddon

1. (often humorous, neologism) The late-2000s world economic recession.
   • 2009: “Graham Thurlwell”, alt.tv.farscape (Google group): Crisis – what crisis?, the 22^nd 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 because women wouldn’t have brought about Moneygeddon – no, honest they wouldn’t.