Dictionary

castrophony en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kæsˈtɹɒfəni/ (UK)
• /kæsˈtɹɑfəni/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The overwhelming sounds of catastrophe.
   • 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. 2016, Paul M.M. Cooper, River of Ink:
   • And then came a sound, distant first, that grew into castrophony so immense that it could be heard far away in space. 2005, Gorillaz (Damon Albarn), “Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head”, in Demon Days:

Forms

wikipedia: Gorillaz · wikipedia: Damon Albarn