Language question

[oxlahun]

To mark an arrival, or the beginning of something, we have a party called a "reception".

So for a departure or an ending, is the sendoff a "deception" or a "rejection"?

Comments

[agedwiz]

Oh, let me be tediously pedantic.

The reception refers to the event itself by a level of indirection -- That is to say there are "farewell receptions," "retirement receptions," "funeral receptions" and probably "going out of business" receptions.

I have now put to rest, at least temporarily, the ghost of my mother the English teacher. :)

[cfred]

And isn't the point of a reception to receive guests? E.g., the wedding, and then afterward for the gifts mingling and drinking, there's the wedding reception.

Whether "wedding deception" may be a more accurate term in Hollywood is left as an exercise for the reader. :)

Double it up!

[ddreslough]

Dejection! :)

Re: Double it up!

[holmes_iv]

I dunno-that depends who's leaving. ;-)

[kaasirpent]

The opposite of 'pro' is 'con'
This difference can clerly be seen:
If 'progress' means 'to go forward,'
Then what does 'congress' mean?

-- Nipsey Russell

Which has pretty much nothing to do with your post. I just like the poem and spread it wherever possible.

But I'd guess 'exception.' :)

[oxlahun]

General consensus is that "exception" was the best choice.