Replyallpocalypse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of email storm.

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

reply all + -pocalypse

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