Meaning of cowtastrophe | Babel Free

Definitions

A catastrophe involving cattle.

humorous, informal

Examples

“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.”

“Earth faces a cow-tastrophe! The Earth could be on the brink of a death-dealing calamity — and belching cows are partly to blame.”

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