Eucatastrophe (n)
yeoo-kat-ast-roh-fee
A sudden and favourable turn of events in a story; a happy ending.
Apparently coined by the late great J.R.R. Tolkien.
Example sentences
“It looked like the hero was doomed until; a eucatastrophe and he was saved!”
“I fully expected a eucatastrophe, but no, he died, she died, they all died.”
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