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YOOL-uh-jee/ˈjuːlədʒi/

A eulogy is a speech or piece of writing that praises someone, especially a person who has died: deliver a eulogy, a lobby eulogy. Tribute is the close twin; a lobby speech is not a handover log.

Meaning

A speech or piece of writing that praises someone, especially a person who has died.

Examples

• “A eulogy in the lobby is not a handover log; name the keys.”
• “Tribute is the close twin. Praise is everyday. A speech is comms. A named key-holder is a file. Write the name; then give the tribute if the sitting is still closed on paper.”

Good to know

A speech of praise, especially of the dead. Close: tribute. A lobby speech ≠ a handover log.

Near in meaning

tribute, praise, panegyric

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