cat melodeon

== English == === Alternative forms === catmalogen, cat malogen, cat melodium === Etymology === Compare cat (“terrible”) and cat's melody. Ciaran Carson suggests the influence of Irish cat marbh or cat mara; literally "dead cat" or "sea cat", figuratively "calamity". === Adjective === cat melodeon (Ireland, informal) Terrible, appalling; of very poor quality. (Ireland, informal) Cacophonous; raucous. 2021 Christy Moore and Wally Page, "Zozimus & Zimmerman" The lights went down and the crowd went cat melodeon We were all revved up and ready to engage Having hitch hiked all the way from Minnesota Zimmerman was there before us on the stage === References ===