friendmortem
/ˈfrɛndˌmɔːtəm/nounVerified NewThe private post-mortem conducted after a friendship ends, since no shared ritual exists for the event.
Breakups have ceremonies; friendships just stop, leaving each party to conduct an autopsy alone — what happened, whose fault, whether to file it under drift or betrayal.
Etym. — friend + mortem, from post-mortem — an examination of a death nobody announced.
Rel. — hearsemate
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