One who imagines the 'worst-case scenario' as something so completely horrific it borders on absurd. A 'catastrophist' usually starts by saying "Yeah but what if..." then, talking at a normal speed, increases speed until they're talking very quickly as they relate their vision of the 'worst-case scenario' which may involve any (or all) of the following things: A psycho with an axe, getting chopped up into little pieces, ending up homeless and destitute, sucking dick for crack, any number of serious diseases or medical afflictions (See Chuck Palahniuk's "Choke" the main character had catastrophist tendancies)
see also "final destinationism" (yet to be defined)
see also "final destinationism" (yet to be defined)
"Dude, it's one stupid term-paper"
"Yeah but if I don't do well on this one then my GPA falls and I'll never get into a good college and I won't get a good job and that will DEVASTATE my mother and she'll commit suicide and I'll have to take care of my little brother and he'll get Lupus, need a kidney and I will be forced to sell my ass on the street because I can't afford the surgery because I don't have health-care all because I failed this stupid paper!"
"Stop being such a catastrophist, it's not even worth 10% of your grade!!!"
"Yeah but if I don't do well on this one then my GPA falls and I'll never get into a good college and I won't get a good job and that will DEVASTATE my mother and she'll commit suicide and I'll have to take care of my little brother and he'll get Lupus, need a kidney and I will be forced to sell my ass on the street because I can't afford the surgery because I don't have health-care all because I failed this stupid paper!"
"Stop being such a catastrophist, it's not even worth 10% of your grade!!!"
by jaci_b October 12, 2007
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"Why would you do that?!"
"Listen, when the sophomore catastrophe comes your going to be mad because you just spent your whole life in school, while I'll be laughing it up in GUAM!"
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"I'm just saying... Think about it..."
"Why would you do that?!"
"Listen, when the sophomore catastrophe comes your going to be mad because you just spent your whole life in school, while I'll be laughing it up in GUAM!"
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"I'm just saying... Think about it..."
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Explosive, stomach spasming diarrhea brought on by drinking too much coffee in the morning and not enough breakfast.
Bob- Hey Bill What's up??
Bill- Not now Bob, I've had three cups of Maxwell House this morning and I'm about to experience a Colombian Catastrophe...
Bill- Not now Bob, I've had three cups of Maxwell House this morning and I'm about to experience a Colombian Catastrophe...
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In poker terms-When your plan of bluffing with complete air, nothing that resembles a hand, blows up in your face and puts you out of the tourney.
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In poker terms-When your plan of bluffing with complete air, nothing that resembles a hand, blows up in your face and puts you out of the tourney.
by BigSkinnyExpress April 12, 2011
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by vdub4motion May 2, 2013
Get the Catassathrolagus mug.This is a critical email failure. It is caused by one seeing a very important email in the inbox and then putting it off so the proper time and thought can go into the reply. By procrastinating, the email then gets buried by new emails pouring in and it never gets responded to, causing a catastrophe.
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Question: "Why did Bob get fired?"
Reply: "A catastrophEmail took another victim. If only he replied right away!"
Reply: "A catastrophEmail took another victim. If only he replied right away!"
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