flightmare en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of flight + nightmare. Compare also frightmare.
Meanings
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An unpleasant flight or experience during air travel.
The flightmare continues as I elbow my way through chuckleheads in pleated khakis or gamey business suits with phones clipped to their belts, parents who are wrangling several unruly kids hopped up on M&Ms, and reunited couples engaged in serious tonsil hockey.
2015, Jennifer Worick, Things I Want to Punch in the Face, page 15:She glanced, for the first time since this flightmare started, to the man sitting in the aisle seat beside her.
2011, Joe Shrader, Eden Falls, page 118:I was so grateful to see my children that day, and even Jake was a sight for sore eyes after the “flightmare” from hell.
2015, Mary Helen Hensley, Promised by Heaven:
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(qualifier:roleplaying games) A type of dragon with poisonous breath that feeds on luminous algae.
Flames like flightmare algae hidden within the enclaves of a kaleidoscope illusion, a gateway into the god's secret treasure chest.
2020, Gaston D. Cox, Aurea Mediocritas: A Book of Short Stories:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flight-mare | alternative | lexicographic | |
| flightmares | Number=Plur | lexicographic |