celestial transfer

noun

The act of dying; death.

Meanings

nouncelestial transfer (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountableThe act of dying; death.

    Said Naomi, “Another doctor in a starched white lab coat told me I was going to be taking a six-foot dirt nap. That is, in about three years, I was going to make the old celestial transfer.”

    2005, Lanford Beard, editor, E! True Hollywood Story: The Real Stories Behind the Glitter, New York, NY: Chamberlain Bros., →ISBN, page 323

    Synonyms: death, end, tomb, decease, decomposition, defunction, dematerialization, demise

Synonyms & antonyms

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