Sundays word. But it’s also the year 2020. Bittersweet

[t-bob]

catastrophe
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm (noun)
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

catastrophe, disaster (noun)
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
"lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"

catastrophe, cataclysm (noun)
a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
catastrophe (Noun)
Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
catastrophe (Noun)
A disaster beyond expectations
catastrophe (Noun)
The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot in a tragedy.
catastrophe (Noun)
A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.
Catastrophe
Catastrophe is a short play by Samuel Beckett, written in French in 1982 at the invitation of A.I.D.A. and “[f]irst produced in the Avignon Festival … Beckett considered it ‘massacred.’” It is one of his few plays to deal with a political theme and, arguably, holds the title of Beckett's most optimistic work. It was dedicated to then imprisoned Czech reformer and playwright, Václav Havel.

[jdd2]

Actually, the interesting part of that word is "strophe". But I won't go on about that.

[coachdoc]

Oct 18, 2020 17:01:17 GMT -5 jdd2 said:

Actually, the interesting part of that word is "strophe". But I won't go on about that.

Please do.

[t-bob]

Oct 18, 2020 19:40:37 GMT -5 coachdoc said:

Oct 18, 2020 17:01:17 GMT -5 jdd2 said:

Actually, the interesting part of that word is "strophe". But I won't go on about that.

Please do.

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Greek strophḗ “a twist, turning about,” akin to stréphein “to turn”; see strepto-

1 the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.

2 the movement performed by the chorus during the singing of this part.

3 the first of the three series of lines forming the divisions of each section of a Pindaric ode.

4 (in modern poetry) any separate section or extended movement in a poem, distinguished from a stanza in that it does not follow a regularly repeated pattern.

I’m not thinking about this
Here’s the the definitions -

jdd2