Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grave-dancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: grave--dan-cy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Celebrating the demise or downfall of something.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

Derived from dance on someone's grave.

Questions

What does grave-dancy mean?: Celebrating the demise or downfall of something.
Where does grave-dancy come from?: Derived from dance on someone's grave.

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