Cellotaph

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met. derogatory, sometimes

    "So maybe the phenomenon is not so alien, after all but this view raises some other issues, such as why are cellotaphs everywhere now?"

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"So maybe the phenomenon is not so alien, after all but this view raises some other issues, such as why are cellotaphs everywhere now?"

Etymology

Blend of cellophane + cenotaph. By surface analysis cello- + -taph.

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