English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of disaster +‎ masterpiece

Noun edit

disasterpiece (plural disasterpieces)

  1. (humorous) An anti-masterpiece; a complete disaster.
    • 2004, Neil W. Macdonald, “9. Picked Nines and the Pick of Nines”, in The League That Lasted: 1876 and the Founding of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, McFarland, →ISBN, page 83:
      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.
    • 2008, Steven Daly, “Swinging into Disaster”, in Graydon Carter, editor, Vanity Fair’s Tales of Hollywood: Rebels, Reds, and Graduates and the Wild Stories Behind the Making of 13 Iconic Films, Penguin, →ISBN, page 242:
      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.
    • 2017 December 1, Jeffrey Bloomer, Aisha Harris, “What It’s Like to Watch The Disaster Artist If You’ve Never Seen The Room”, in Slate[1], archived from the original on 2017-12-01:
      We sent two Slate writers who have never seen Tommy Wiseau’s disasterpiece to find out.