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    [Noun]  | "ca*coph*o*ny" | \ ka-ˈkä-fə-nē \


    1: harsh or jarring sound : dissonance; specifically : harshness in the sound of words or phrases

    2: an incongruous or chaotic mixture : a striking combination


    Origin: circa 1656 ;

     Borrowed from French & New Latin; French cacophonie, going back to Middle French, borrowed from New Latin cacophōnia, borrowed from Greek kakophōnía, from kakóphōnos "disagreeable-sounding, {see: |cacophonous|cacophonous}" + -ia {see: |-ia:1|-ia:1};

    [Noun]  | "cacophony" 


    1: loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound;


      * e.g., " ... the cacophony of a pet store full of animals "





     [ "cacophony" ]

    1: An unpleasant arrangement of sounds. Can be used to denote disharmonization of a body of sounds, or those which are particularly intrusive.

      * e.g.,  ... Although I normally like plane rides, the three babies behind me created an unbearable cacophony. 

     [ "cacophony" ]

    1: That one word Dimentio says in the Man On The Internet original piece "The Ultimate World Spun" that sounds really cool.

      * e.g.,  ... We perform, we rewrite the norm 

     [ "cacophony" ]

    1: In Mario Kart 64, the sound made when someone loses a banana tail when it is either hit with a shell or run over by another player.

      * e.g.,  ... Jafari: Check out my banana tail! 

     [ "cacophony" ]

    1: (keh - KAH - foe - nee) n. Rude, loud, unpleasant sound; dissonance; noise; lit., sounds like shit.

      * e.g.,  ... War is a cacophony but music to the ears of arms dealers. 

     [ "cacophony" ]

    1: The rhythm that doesn't rhyme itself.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude, this song sucks...what a cacophony!!" 

     [ "cacophony" ]

    1: Look at the new pictures in my bio.

      * e.g.,  ... Cacophony my bio. It rules. I have the bestest pictures EVER. 

     [ "Cacophony" ]

    1: Speed Metal

      * e.g.,  ... Jason Becker + Marty Friedman 

     [ "Cacophony" ]

    1: Sound made my friends who attempt to sing in Rock Band.

      * e.g.,  ... Me: Ming sucks dick at singing. Why did he even buy Rock Band? 

     [ "Cacophony" ]

    1: A collection of annoying, out of place sounds.

      * e.g.,  ... Dubstep is a cacophony 

     [ "Cacophony" ]

    1: Another word related to noise, a cacophony is lots of horrible sounds. Imagine birds screeching, alarm bells ringing and babies screaming…and you’ve got yourself a cacophony!

      * e.g.,  ... Random Guy #1: "Omg, what are all those noises! MY EARS ARE DYING!!" You: "It's a real cacophony!" Random Guy #2: "Broooooo, r u like a nerd or something??" You: "I just read the Urban Dictionary" Random Guy #3 and #4: "Ur soooo cooolll dude" Random Guy #1: "Tell us more man" You (sounded like rlly cool and stuff): "u may already know that words that end in phone or phony are related to sound in some way. Cacophony comes from a Greek word made up from kacos (bad) and phone (sound). It entered English in the mid 1600’s." Everyone: "WOW" 

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