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slam-clicker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From slam + click + -er, suggesting the sound of closing and locking a door.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:among flight attendants and pilots, slang) An unsociable crewmember who prefers to stay in his or her hotel room between flights.
   • I’m going to call them Honest Eyes until I know if they are, in the interval called slam-clicker, Realm of Pacific, […] 1999, David Berman, Actual Air (Open City Books), poem “Cassette County”, page 19
   • The pilots taunt me: “Slam-clicker” (a crew member who goes straight to his or her room and doesn’t come out). That’s me tonight. 1982, Working Woman (Hal Publications), volume 7, issues 7–12, page 225

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