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cowtastrophe

noun

Etymology

Blend of cow + catastrophe.

  1. derived from καταστροφή
  2. compounded as cowtastrophe — “cow + catastrophe”

Definitions

  1. A catastrophe involving cattle.

    • As the reclining cow commonly rises first behind [...] with so close a shave upon a cow-tastrophe, I should not stand upon ceremony in the dark.
    • Adrian College students corral two cows in the college chapel, and were so chumpy as to be caught at it. Ten boys must face the faculty for this cowtastrophe.
    • "Mother, you wouldn't call that a catastrophe, would you?" inquired Artie, who could use words "as long as himself" his father sometimes declared. ¶ "Huh, that was a cowtastrophe," Fred said placidly.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA