"grave-dancy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Derived from dance on someone's grave. Etymology templates: {{m|en|dance on someone's grave}} dance on someone's grave Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} grave-dancy (not comparable)
  1. (neologism) Celebrating the demise or downfall of something. Tags: neologism, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-grave-dancy-en-adj-FxQBHUa1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English neologisms

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          "text": "Perhaps for them, the Kiwi Starfruit Refresher had a bad rap. So even though - to channel Eminem - some might lose themselves in the grave dancy party if it is true that Kiwi Starfruit's close to postmortem, not everyone would find that news electrifying.",
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