[america4vr]

Well, I do owe you a sincere apology. I had always thought the word to mean a loud noise, thunderous sound.

So then, please allow me to rephrase my comment.

Now that is downright clever. A well deserved chorus of thunderous applause!

and thank you for the etymological lesson.

[syriacus]

You don't owe me an apology.

You were more correct about the meaning of cacophony than I was. Heck, I even mispelled the word.

I checked the (alleged) origin of the word just to prove to myself that I wasn't the only one who felt there was a "physiological" connotation in the origin of the word.