Words by Sandra Pickering

1 word contributed

• Cellotaph
  A (spontaneous) roadside memorial for a death. Usually after a road accident
  but also, e.g., Princess Diana’s death in 1997. Usually composed of bunches of
  flowers wrapped in Cellophane.
  Origin: Cellophane + Cenotaph - Originated (I think) by Private Eye magazine in UK.
  4/2/2009

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