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disasterpiece

noun

Etymology

Blend of disaster + masterpiece.

  1. calqued from Meisterstück — “masterpiece”
  2. calqued from meesterstuk
  3. compounded as disasterpiece — “disaster + masterpiece”

Definitions

  1. An anti-masterpiece

    An anti-masterpiece; a complete disaster.

    • With pro schedules never cast in granite even at season’s start, a team’s preseason string of games was a makeshift disasterpiece of mismatches.
    • When he did ultimately succumb to Myra Breckinridge’s abundant charms, Mike Sarne would end up making a celluloid disasterpiece that is to this day pilloried as one of the worst films ever made.
    • We sent two Slate writers who have never seen Tommy Wiseau’s disasterpiece to find out.

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