Beepocalypse

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The widespread incidence of colony collapse disorder, feared to portend a coming mass extinction of honeybees. informal, uncountable

    "Yet the media has peddled alarming stories of a “beepocalypse” — a crash in honeybee populations."

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"Yet the media has peddled alarming stories of a “beepocalypse” — a crash in honeybee populations."

Etymology

From bee + -pocalypse.

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