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English
Etymology
Blend of catastrophe + cacophony. Originally coined by Damon Albarn (Gorillaz) in his 2005 song Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
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