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'.
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n. The blatant and regrettable misuse of an apostrophe, often multiple times in a single example. (Etymology: catastrophe + apostrophe.)
Dave looked at the sign on the store. "Joes' Waterbed's." It was definitely a catostrophe. He decided to find another outlet.
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Get the colostrophe mug.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.
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Get the catastrophy mug.The branch of physics (specifically Astrophysics) that deals with major events that could cause devastation on a vast scale (usually known as catastrophes) and how to make sure they don't happen or at the very least try and find a way to reduce the impact of any given catastrophe.
News in Catastrophysics: A large Earth-killing asteroid is likely to hit us within the next century and there's nothing we can do about it!
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guy2: no I'm clostrophobic
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