The Storm

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The Storm

  • /ðə ˈstɔːm/ UK
  • /ðə ˈstɔɹm/ US
  • /ðə ˈstoːm/ Australia, New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Donald Trump's mention of "the calm before the storm" in an October 2017 interview.

proper noun

  1. QAnon (conspiracy theory) Like Pizzagate, the Storm conspiracy features secret cabals, a child sex-trafficking ring led (in part) by the satanic Democratic Party, and of course, countless logical leaps and paranoid assumptions that fail to hold up under the slightest fact-based scrutiny. However, unlike Pizzagate, the Storm
  2. The purportedly planned mass arrests which form an integral part of the QAnon conspiracy theory. "The Storm is coming," say the conspiracy theorisers whose grotesque imaginings terrified the country to attention this week. Maybe they're right.

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"The Storm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/the%20storm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

The Storm. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/the%20storm

Chicago

"The Storm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/the%20storm.

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@misc{the_storm_2026,
  title = {The Storm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/the%20storm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}