TEOTWAWKI

This is an acronym for “The End Of The World As We Know It.” It’s a phrase used in the prepping and survivalist communities to refer to the hypothetical period in time where civilization breaks down.

From a page about prepping:

Inside the prepping world there is a habit of streamlining complex and intense concepts into acronyms. […] its most basic definition is the outcome of different events that would ultimately lead to the dissolution of our current economic, political, and societal institutions.

[…] The phrase and acronym are in a sense the end goal for their preparations, each and every decision is based on whether or not it will benefit them if TEOTWAWKI were to happen.

Why I Looked It Up

Pam used the phrase in an episode of Archer.

She pronounced it phonetically: “tee-ohh-TWA-kee”