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grave-dancy

grave-dancy adjective: celebrating the demise or downfall of something.

Adjective

grave-dancy (not comparable)

  1. (neologism) Celebrating the demise or downfall of something.
    • Perhaps for them, the Kiwi Starfruit Refresher had a bad rap. So even though - to channel Eminem - some might lose themselves in the grave dancy party if it is true that Kiwi Starfruit's close to postmortem, not everyone would find that news electrifying.2022 May 3, A. C. Grimes, “Starbucks Baristas Are Celebrating The Possible Demise Of The 'Battery Acid' Refresher”, in Mashed
    • Now, maybe you see this as sort of an obvious and opportunistic publicity play by a competing social-media service. Maybe it even seems crass to you—a little grave-dancy.2022 November 18, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Tumblr Gets the Last Laugh”, in The Atlantic

Origin of grave-dancy

Derived from dance on someone's grave.

Questions about grave-dancy

What does grave-dancy mean?
Grave-dancy means celebrating the demise or downfall of something.
What part of speech is grave-dancy?
Grave-dancy is an adjective.

Words near grave-dancy in the dictionary

  1. Grave Mixture
  2. grave robber
  3. grave robbers
  4. grave wax
  5. Grave's oak
  6. grave-dancy
  7. grave-good
  8. grave-goods
  9. grave-rob
  10. grave-robbed
  11. grave-robbing

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