cat melodeon

Etymology
Compare and.

Ciaran Carson suggests influence of /; literally "dead cat"/"sea cat", figuratively "calamity".

Adjective

 * 1)  terrible, appalling; of very poor quality
 * 2)  cacophonous; raucous
 * 3) * 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
 * 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