gate rape
English
Etymology
From gate (“passageway in an airport for embarking passengers”) + rape, formed to rhyme with date rape.
Noun
gate rape (plural gate rapes)
- (informal, derogatory) Aggressive security screening prior to aircraft boarding.
Verb
gate rape (third-person singular simple present gate rapes, present participle gate raping, simple past and past participle gate raped)
- (informal, derogatory, of airport security staff) To screen (someone) aggressively prior to allowing them to board an aircraft.
- 2012 November 18, Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown, “A General Thanksgiving Episode”, in The Cleveland Show, season 4, episode 3, written by Courtney Lilly:
- We need to open a bar at that airport. People need a stiff drink after being gate raped by the TSA.
See also
- Appendix:American Dialect Society most outrageous words of the year
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