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catastroika

catastroika
 n.— «Catastroika. A mixture of catastrophe and perestroika, it is used by Alexander Sinoviev in the title of a satirical novel he wrote in 1989.» —“Europe: Light at the Opera—Gazetta” by Desmond Christy Guardian (U.K.) Oct. 18, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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