replyallpocalypse

English

Alternative forms

• reply allpocalypse

Etymology

Blend of reply all +‎ apocalypse.

Noun

replyallpocalypse (plural replyallpocalypses)

1. Synonym of email storm.
   • 2016 November 14, Christina Warren, “This Is the Worst Reply Allpocalypse We've Ever Seen”, in Gizmodo‎^[1]:

     Hitting "reply all" on a mass email is generally a bad idea, but a meltdown at the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is the worst reply allpocalypse we’ve ever seen. According to The Guardian, more than 186 million useless emails were sent out, after a technician sent a "test" message to all 1.2 million employees of the NHS.

   • 2017 February 3, Elle Hunt, “When is it appropriate to reply all? Mostly never”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     We’ve now had 20 years of cautionary tales about replyallpocalypses. For the sake of workplace harmony: keep your pointer off the nuclear button.