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blubberfest

blubberfest noun: an event characterized by weeping.

Noun

blubberfest (plural blubberfests)

  1. (slang) An event characterized by weeping.
    • There is no crying in space, but Monday was perhaps as close as it gets to a blubberfest in space helmets.2009 May 19, Dennis Overbye, “As Tasks at Hubble End, No Tears, but It Was Close”, in New York Times

Forms of blubberfest

pluralblubberfests

Origin of blubberfest

From blubber + -fest.

Questions about blubberfest

What does blubberfest mean?
Blubberfest means an event characterized by weeping.
What part of speech is blubberfest?
Blubberfest is a noun.
What is the plural of blubberfest?
The plural of blubberfest is blubberfests.

Words near blubberfest in the dictionary

  1. blubberbrains
  2. blubbered
  3. blubberer
  4. blubberers
  5. blubbereth
  6. blubberfest
  7. blubberfests
  8. blubberhead
  9. blubberheads
  10. blubbering
  11. blubberingly

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