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castrophany 

A word who's origins are rooted in a Gorillaz song entitled Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head.

Although the word has never been defined, it is guessed (by vitrue of word roots and context clues) to mean terrible sounds of catastrophic proportions.
And then came a sound. Distant first, it grew into castrophany so immense it could be heard far away in space.
castrophany by Deadly Pancake December 25, 2008
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castrophany 

combination of the words catastrophe (an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering) and cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.)
It grew into castrophany
castrophany by MJBIG September 12, 2015

catastrophy 

Misspelling of 'catastrophe'. One of those scenarios when you know the word looks wrong, but you can't figure out what's wrong with it.
I mispelled 'catastrophy'.
catastrophy by How Inane December 8, 2010

catastrophallic 

— Hey James how was the Ogle's gig last night?
— Oh man! That was catastrophallic. The sound wasn't that good and The Prince Arthur was packed.
catastrophallic by Bradley Python February 18, 2008

catastrophy 

A trophy wife gone bad
He thought that he was marrying for love, but his young and pretty second wife turned out to be a catastrophy who was more interested in spending his money than in spending any time with him.
catastrophy by Pamelot September 22, 2011

catastrophania 

A series of cats making a Catastrophe in different ways
That cat made a very big catastrophania

catastropharian 

Also found as Catastrapharian.

1. Someone who overplays or otherwise overstates negative events. Catastropharians thus create a ‘mountain out of mole hill’ or worse. Such usage also includes the hypochondriac’s reaction to describing a trifling malady such as a hangnail.
2. Someone who invents catastrophes when there are none. This would be akin to Chicken Little’s ‘the sky is falling’ pronouncement upon experiencing rain.

3. Alternately, someone who literally takes a bad situation and turns it into something worse, thereby creating a catastrophe.

“The catastropharian argument is, in a nutshell, that the larger financial obligations of an older population, when spread over a smaller base of younger workers, will create a ruinous fiscal overhang…"

Goldsmith, Jeff. The Long Baby Boom: An Optimistic Vision for a Graying Generation. JHU Press. 2008. p. 35.
According to John Richardson, George W Bush qualified as a catastropharian for his administration’s Middle East policy.

“the great catastropharian ....” John Richardson, 15 Dec 2006,
catastropharian by d-bits April 8, 2019