sockmageddon
n. A long or intense struggle with washing, folding, or pairing socks.
Etymology
Examples
2015
This allows me to help Noelle and Caedmon with breakfast, clothes and their very important, yet terribly elusive socks. I hate folding them, they love losing them… we live in constant sockmageddon.
—Leanne Penny, “Penny Family Update,” LeannePenny.com, February 06, 2015
2014
[I] have 23 black socks laid out on my bed and not a single pair to be found! It's a #sockmageddon over here!
—Chris LeBrun, “I have…,” Twitter, September 06, 2014
2011
I keep those irritating unmatched socks in their own little basket and when it’s overflowing I can't stand it anymore, I match and purge. Today was Sockmageddon.
—“Sockmageddon,” Realist Mom, November 11, 2011
2011 (earliest)
I could fold towels all day, but I swear, if I have to fold one more freaking pair of socks… I am taking everyone out. #sockmageddon
—Jessica Van Vleet, “I could…,” Twitter, August 01, 2011
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