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Street Slang
Death Week
· phrase · memphis
The August week Memphis fills with Elvis fans marking the anniversary of his death.
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The week around August 16th — the day Elvis died in 1977 — when Graceland and the rest of Memphis flood with impersonators, fan-club pilgrims and tour buses. Officially Graceland calls it 'Elvis Week,' but locals have called it Death Week for decades.
“Hotels triple their rates during Death Week, every year without fail.”
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Death Week In A Sentence
Hotels triple their rates during Death Week, every year without fail.
Origin & Usage
Local Memphis nickname for the annual Elvis Week pilgrimage to Graceland, which has run every August since 1978 — the year after Presley's death.
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