Phrase · Emotions & inner life
the chippy closure grief
noun phrase
/thuh-chip-ee-kloh-zher-greef/
Definition
A genuine, community-wide sadness felt over the loss of an institution more emotionally significant than most weddings.
In use
“The whole estate was in chippy closure grief when the shutters went down on Frank's for the last time.”
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- Language form
- noun phrase
- Pronunciation
- /thuh-chip-ee-kloh-zher-greef/
Classification
- Life domain
- Mind, body & behaviour
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