Meanings
- derogatoryslanguncountableThe act of exploiting someone's death for a selfish purpose.
Directly afterward, this account started liking tweets whining about gravestanding.
2022 November 20, Bad Opinions Serpico [username], Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Aug 20252 more examples
Gravestanding is the worst kind of bait there is. You're all trying to force how tragic this guy's death is down our throats and then acting indignant when we get mad that you're doing so, just because a guy you liked died.
2015 February 3, FortePlus [username], “RWBY's Monty Oum died”, in GameFAQs, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2025In this post, WildGoose attacks even more people for their so called “gravestanding” and evening^([sic]) going after a legitimate attempt to raise money for suicide prevention.
2016 January 19, Cannabis Curtis [username], “There Is a Cancer within #GamerGate”, in Medium, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2016
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gravestand
Origin
Cite this entry
gravestanding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravestanding
“gravestanding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravestanding. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gravestanding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravestanding.
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