industrialfuneral
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlˌfjuːnərəl/nounVerified NewA public ceremony marking a factory's closure that doubles as a community's rehearsal for its own afterlife.
The last shift is photographed; the mayor speaks; what is actually being buried is not the plant but the town's idea of itself.
Etym. — *industrial* + *funeral*.
Rel. — motortrauer
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