"the Rampture"

[Ben Zimmer]

First there was "Carmageddon," and now there's "the Rampture" -- the
predicted chaos in Los Angeles ensuing from the closure of Wilshire
Boulevard on- and off-ramps to the 405.

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/08/rampture_405_closure_wilshire_ramps.php

--bgz

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