An event or product that attracts so much interest and attention that it exceeds its own sustaining capacity, resulting in the inability of the organization to respond to demand.
The new product was such a hit that the store ran out, resulting in angry crowds destroying the mall. It was a catastrophic success for the company.
When for some reason (weather, virus, fungus, shortage of partners)a plant or animal changes its sex. eg: Corn (it is suspectedthis is how modern corn came to be), frogs
Hey julie, guess what, you know our tank of all female frogs? well one of the girl frogs became a boy frog!
A sudden and total failure of some system from which recovery is impossible. The affected system not only experiences destruction beyond any reasonable possibility of repair, but also frequently causes injury, death, or significant damage to other, often unrelated systems.