<i>"The origins of bomb as a meteorologic term are not entirely clear; although reputed to have been in spoken use for a number of decades prior to this, our earliest written record of this sense of bomb occurs in 1980."</i>[0]<p>I call B.S. on "bomb" as a meterological term "for a number of decades prior", it is just another lame clickbait term. "The rapid intensification of a low-pressure system in which the barometric pressure of the system drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours (also referred to as explosive cyclogenesis)"[1] is nothing like an actual bomb.<p>[0]<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-is-bombogenesis" rel="nofollow">https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-is-bombog...</a><p>[1]<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-is-bombogenesis" rel="nofollow">https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-is-bombog...</a>