Aviation Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Entries in the Category Aviation

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armchair pilot n. a person who talks about, studies, or directs airplane flying, but is not qualified to, or does not, handle the controls; an aviation enthusiast. (posted May. 31, 2005) [full entry…]

box office n. jocularly, the cockpit of an airplane piloted by a woman. (posted Jun. 27, 2007) [full entry…]

customer of size n. an overweight or overlarge airline passenger. Also passenger of size. (posted Sep. 6, 2006) [full entry…]

Dust Off n. the military program of medical evacuation and transportation by air; an instance of such travel; a helicopter used for this purpose. Also dust-off. (posted Feb. 17, 2006) [full entry…]

finger trouble n. a problem caused by a typographical error, incorrect settings on a machine, or poor manual dexterity. (posted Jul. 4, 2007) [full entry…]

graveyard spiral n. originally, an inescapable winding descent of an airplane that leads to a crash; (hence), the rapid decline or devaluation of something, such as a career, a company, etc. (posted Jul. 11, 2006) [full entry…]

gravy plane n. a boondoggle, junket, or other (perceived) waste of money associated with air travel, benefitting a privileged group or person. (posted Feb. 14, 2007) [full entry…]

helitack n. firefighting that uses helicopters (to deploy firefighters, gear, water, etc.). (posted Nov. 16, 2004) [full entry…]

hundred-mile-an-hour tape n. a narrow roll of strong plastic, acrylic, or woven fiber backed with a strong adhesive; duct tape. Also two-hundred-mile-an-hour tape. (posted Jan. 30, 2007) [full entry…]

jet people n.pl. asylum-seekers, refugees, or immigrants who relocate by airplane. Also plane people. (posted Apr. 27, 2006) [full entry…]

Jim Wilson n. a dead body traveling as airplane cargo. (posted Oct. 23, 2006) [full entry…]

Kangaroo Duck n. the conveyance of an inflatable boat by means of the underside of a helicopter. Also K-Duck. (posted Oct. 18, 2006) [full entry…]

leg attack n. disease resulting from restricted blood flow, such as that caused by an arterial blockage, in a lower limb; acute peripheral arterial occlusion. (posted Sep. 19, 2005) [full entry…]

paper airplane n. in aeronautics and aerospace, a flying machine that is strictly theoretical. (posted Apr. 7, 2005) [full entry…]

rat-racing n. a playful form of high-speed flying in which airplanes pursue or attempt to out-maneuver each other, similar to a game of cat-and-mouse. (posted Apr. 8, 2005) [full entry…]

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