cat- astrophe

the thought process after seeing an excess amount of felines

Dwight- I just walked into the barn and i about had a cat- astrophe.

cat- astrophe by Bweeks March 30, 2009

Cat-astrophe 

A play on words with the word cat and the word catastrophe.

Person 1: "There are so many stray cats by my house!"
Person 2: "That must be a Cat-astrophe!"
Person 1: ಠ_ಠ

Cat-astrophe by Prince Wilford Of Bosnia November 4, 2017

Catastrophear

To feel an exaggerated fear or concern about something.

"Don't worry bro, she's gonna come back soon! Don't catastrophear!"

"I don't like to catastrophear. This situation could be worse"

Catastrophear by Phil-OoO October 7, 2016

catastrophic success 

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.

catastrophic success by ohlms March 10, 2009

Catastrophizing 

A psychotherapeutic term for a cognitive distortion where anxiety or depression leads you to infer apocalyptic conclusions from mundane setbacks and anxieties.

Catastrophizing usually comes in a litany of steps that start from a mundane setback all the way to absolute existential hoplessness. For instance:

1. Oh no, I'm going to be late for work.
2. My boss is going to be angry.
3. I'm going to lose my job.
4. I'm not going to be able to get another one.
5. I'm going to be unemployed forever.
6. My family will starve.
7. Oh God, we're all going to die!!!

Each step in the sequence is arguably plausible, but the snowball effect takes it into the realms of absurdity after a while.

Catastrophizing by The Logical Fallacy August 19, 2018

catastrophilia 

A disorder characterized by a powerful and ongoing addiction to drama and catastrophe.

His secret longing for a devastating nuclear disaster was part of his intense catastrophilia.

catastrophilia by Dr Bunnygirl February 1, 2019

chatastrophe

A chatastrophe is any typically sudden, disastrous event that occurs during online chat- whether in chat rooms or private messaging.

Room Two was noted as a peaceable room of cozy fellowship chat amongst civilized habitués. After Room One experienced the chatastrophe of a vengeful bot-loading booter, Room One chatters jumped ship and found their way over to Room Two like so many flotsam-borne rats. This sat uneasily upon the regulars of Two, as the Oners were a virtual rogues gallery of the more virulent personality disorders. In their turn, the Room Two chatters regarded the influx of Oners as a chatastrophe.

chatastrophe by Mo Dixley February 13, 2010