Meltdown is a correct and usable word in written English.
It can be used to refer to a breakdown or malfunction in a system or situation, or to a sudden and dramatic loss of control. For example, "The new project manager's arrival created a meltdown in the office as everybody scrambled to meet her exacting standards."
But while the meltdown of markets has had an effect, most big hitters can still afford to splash out tomorrow night, said Rynska.
The voters' insurrection affected both those countries in financial meltdown and those having to stump up to bail them out and save the euro.
In his book Hard Times, he catalogues how this meltdown has slapped the poorest in ways that don't make it into public discussion.
Mike van Dulken of Accendo Markets said the auction has passed "without fuss, despite government's weekend meltdown".
Again, the prospect of stock market meltdown is swatted away: "I don't think that follows at all … if you're coming forward with a positive proposal to trade across Europe and the world, a lot of the stock markets would say, hooray".
The Italian president of the European Central Bank was known as Super-Mario even before he managed to single-handedly save the eurozone from imminent meltdown.
Britain's most senior civil servant and the Queen's private secretary crafted a carefully worded intervention by the monarch, as No 10 experienced what one senior official described as "meltdown" in the closing stages of the campaign after polls showed growing support for a yes vote.
Though the band insists this simply reflects the global nature of their income as the world's highest-earning musicians, their decision not to pay all their tax in their home country looks even worse in the light of Ireland's financial meltdown.
Sebelius also ducked responsibility for changes that triggered the website meltdown, blaming government administrator Marilyn Tavenner, who testified to another House committee on Tuesday, for a last-minute decision to force users of the website to register in advance.
Following the economic meltdown this country has witnessed over the last few years one can understand the need for the government to make cuts but the current reforms target the vulnerable and, like many other in the legal industry, we believe they should be reconsidered.
A staff member told me: "It's meltdown here.
