blastissimo farewell party
- noun
- /blæˈstɪsɪmoʊ fɛrˈwɛl ˈpɑrti/
- Slang
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fiesta de despedida blastissima
- We attended a blastissimo farewell party last week, and the energy was incredible.
Examples
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The team surprised her with a blastissimo farewell party before she moved overseas.
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We threw a blastissimo farewell party for Sarah!
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He wants his retirement send-off to be a blastissimo farewell party that no one will forget.
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What a blastissimo farewell party that was!
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The team surprised her with a blastissimo farewell party before she moved overseas.
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He wants his retirement send-off to be a blastissimo farewell party that no one will forget.
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We attended a blastissimo farewell party last week, and the energy was incredible.
Synonyms
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1.9
A speech or action that says goodbye and wishes someone well
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3.6
A very fun event where people enjoy themselves
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4.4
A large, lively party to celebrate something
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3.7
An event to wish someone well before they leave or start something
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6.3
A final big action or event before something ends
A party to say goodbye to someone leaving a job or group
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
blastissimo + farewell + party
The core phrase 'farewell party' is fully transparent, and the intended meaning (‘very lively/extravagant farewell’) can be guessed from 'blast' (a great time) plus an intensifying form. However, 'blastissimo' is a nonce/borrowed-looking coinage (not a standard English word) and the Italian superlative suffix -issimo may be unknown to B1 learners, so the intensified sense is inferable but not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Blastissimo farewell party comes from joining the English word blast, meaning 'a lot of fun', with the Italian ending -issimo, meaning 'very', which creates a picture of a party that is extra big and exciting. So, the phrase means 'a very lively or extravagant goodbye party'.