cowtastrophe
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBlend of cow + catastrophe.
Noun
editcowtastrophe (plural cowtastrophes)
- (informal, humorous) A catastrophe involving cattle.
- 1859, Nathaniel Parker Willis, The Convalescent, page 24:
- 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.
- 1904, Moderator Topics, volume 25, page 736:
- 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.
- 1925, Alice Dale Hardy, The Riddle Club at Sunrise Beach, page 50:
- "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.
- 1988 January 12, Weekly World News, volume 9, number 14, page 36:
- Earth faces a cow-tastrophe! The Earth could be on the brink of a death-dealing calamity — and belching cows are partly to blame.