tailfinmourning
/ˈteɪlfɪnˌmɔːnɪŋ/nounVerified NewPublic grief for a collapsing national airline, disproportionate to the grief for any comparable business failure.
The livery was the country's second flag, and its bankruptcy reads like a piece of the map peeling off. People who flew it twice a year post boarding-pass stubs like pressed flowers, and strangers who never flew it join in.
Etym. — tailfin + mourning: the logo as flag, the bankruptcy as state funeral.
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