Neologism of the day

[andrewducker]

Huxleyed: To have died with a degree of fame or notoriety that would have guaranteed extensive media coverage, save for the death of someone even more famous or notorious immediately afterwards. From Aldous Huxley, who died an hour before President Kennedy was assassinated. Usage: "Farrah Fawcett was completely Huxleyed by Michael Jackson."

From major_clanger

Comments

[andrewducker]

Also: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8120324.stm
His death brought all sorts of problems on the internet, including on Google and Twitter!

[makyo.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall that Mel Blanc was huxleyed by Laurence Olivier.

[star-tourmaline.livejournal.com]

Jeffrey Bernard

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

And surely the paradigm case was Mother Theresa's Huxleying by Princess Diana.

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Yes, I remember pointing this out to a colleague at the time who said "How sad, we're losing all the good ones at once". Ouch!