cellotaph

English

Etymology

Blend of cellophane +‎ cenotaph.

Noun

cellotaph (plural cellotaphs)

1. (sometimes derogatory) A monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met.
   • 2009, Mark Earls, Herd: How to Change Mass Behaviour by Harnessing Our True Nature:

     So maybe the phenomenon is not so alien, after all but this view raises some other issues, such as why are cellotaphs everywhere now?

References

• Attested in satirical magazine Private Eye in January 2006.