bashfest

English

Etymology

bash +‎ -fest

Noun

bashfest (plural bashfests)

1. (informal) An event or situation involving a lot of bashing (whether physical collisions or criticism).
   • 1998, Newsweek, volume 131, page 140:

     Now even Clinton's fellow Dems have joined the bashfest, leading to an extraordinarily lopsided House vote to ban satellite sales to China […]

   • 2010, Larry Upton, Jonathan Jeffrey, Bowling Green Stock Car Racing:

     In this bash-fest, the objective of each entry was to deliberately cause crashes. The cars raced around the track looking to smash into another car and disable it.