castrophony

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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)

  1. 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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