flightmare
nounEtymology Blend of flight + nightmare. Compare also frightmare.
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Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Lifestyle, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Tourism, Transport, Travel An unpleasant flight or experience during air travel.
- 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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- 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:
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Fantasy A type of dragon with poisonous breath that feeds on luminous algae.
Roleplaying games
- 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: