genrefuneral
/ˈʒɒnrəˌfjuːnərəl/nounVerified NewThe recurring public mourning declared whenever a whole media genre is pronounced dead, usually prematurely.
"The sitcom is dead" arrives every few years, followed by essays, threads, and eulogies. The funeral is itself a genre, held while the supposed corpse keeps rating.
Etym. — genre + funeral — the obituary form applied to categories of art.
Rel. — signoffache
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