MARTAgeddon
February 26, 2010
Continuing with our series on words you need to know, let’s examine MARTAgeddon.
[mar-tuh-ged-n]
–noun
1. the place where the final battle will be fought between the forces of good and evil (probably so called in reference to the battlefield of the Gold Dome. Revelations HB 12:18).
2. the last and completely destructive battle: The legislative race can lead to MARTAgeddon.
3. a decisive or catastrophic conflict.
[Late Latin MARTAgedōn, from Greek, from Hebrew MAR TA məgiddô, the urban region of Georgia : MAR, Metropolitan Atlanta; see hrr in Semitic roots + məgiddô, legislative fuckery.]
Synonyms: annihilation, decimation, devastation, catastrophe, end of the world, MARTOCalypse
That's MARTA!
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