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cellotaph

cellotaph noun: a monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met.

Noun

cellotaph (plural cellotaphs)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) A monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met.
    • So maybe the phenomenon is not so alien, after all but this view raises some other issues, such as why are cellotaphs everywhere now?2009, Mark Earls, Herd: How to Change Mass Behaviour by Harnessing Our True Nature

Forms of cellotaph

pluralcellotaphs

Origin of cellotaph

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

Questions about cellotaph

What does cellotaph mean?
Cellotaph means a monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met.
What part of speech is cellotaph?
Cellotaph is a noun.
What is the plural of cellotaph?
The plural of cellotaph is cellotaphs.

Words near cellotaph in the dictionary

  1. cellose
  2. cellosolve
  3. cellosolves
  4. cellostrophanthoside
  5. cellosyl
  6. cellotaph
  7. cellotaphs
  8. cellotetraose
  9. cellotetraosyl
  10. cellotetraosyls
  11. cellotrionic

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