castrophony
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of catastrophe + cacophony. Originally coined by Damon Albarn (Gorillaz) in his 2005 song Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
castrophony (countable and uncountable, plural castrophonies)
- The overwhelming sounds of catastrophe.
- 2005, Gorillaz (Damon Albarn), Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head (song):
- Then there came a sound, distant at first, that grew into a castrophony so immense, That it could be heard far away in space.
- 2016, Paul M.M. Cooper, River of Ink:
- I went some paces further into the citadel, and then, as though in a fearful dream, people were running past me, breathless and wild-eyed, and the nearer I drew, the greater the castrophony that boomed from the palace courtyard up ahead.
References[edit]
- “castrophony”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.