cellotaph
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of cellophane + cenotaph.
Noun[edit]
cellotaph (plural cellotaphs)
- (sometimes derogatory) A monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met.
- 2009, Mark Earls, Herd: How to Change Mass Behaviour by Harnessing Our True Nature:
- So maybe the phenomenon is not so alien, after all but this view raises some other issues, such as why are cellotaphs everywhere now?
References[edit]
- Attested in satirical magazine Private Eye in January 2006.