0 a situation when two unpleasant things happen at almost the same time:
1 a situation that includes two disadvantages or difficulties:
We all remember the pollsters and the so-called double whammy.
Does that not amount to a double whammy on consumers and taxpayers in the west midlands?
However, the reduction of staff proceeded apace, leading to a double whammy.
That is a double whammy for the county, because there will be two effects.
We are suffering in our county from a genuine double whammy.
Is not that double whammy evidence of yet more complication and confusion in the system?
The industry has been hit by the double whammy of recession in the civil airline industry and a global reduction in defence spending.
They face a double whammy: paying more and getting less.
