liferal

A new word by Paul 'Feisty' Hassing
Founder & Senior Writer @ www.thefeistyempire.com

Definition

liferal (pronounced 'life-for-all') noun: Organised event to celebrate love, friendship and the joy of living. Opposite of funeral.

Explanation

We drop everything to attend the funeral of someone we love. Whatever our commitments, we work around them, because there's only ever one official opportunity to mourn with others who knew the beloved.

Getting time off work, postponing holidays, rescheduling meetings and so on can be difficult and inconvenient, but we do it. We go to great pains to 'celebrate' death; why not do the same to celebrate life?

A liferal is the antithesis of a funeral. It's a gathering to celebrate friendships before they are dissolved by death. Since death is unpredictable yet inevitable, a liferal is logical.

Far better to spend time, money and effort celebrating with a live friend than to waste it on wreaths and bereavement notices when they pass away...