English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
blubber + -fest
Pronunciation[edit]
blubberfest (plural blubberfests)
- (slang) An event characterized by weeping.
2009 May 19, Dennis Overbye, “As Tasks at Hubble End, No Tears, but It Was Close”, in New York Times[1]:There is no crying in space, but Monday was perhaps as close as it gets to a blubberfest in space helmets.