frequent flyer

noun — 3 senses

frequent flyer

noun
1

A person who flies frequently on commercial airliners.

  • As he flew home every weekend, he considered himself a frequent flyer.
2

Derogatory, Idiomatic, Informal Someone who is habitually a nuisance.

  • Drunks tend to be the most common frequent flyers.
  • The police who arrested them -- and were later forced to release them by the DA -- said these criminals were "frequent flyers." We didn't want to leave SF -- we love it there -- but we have a young kid and it seemed irresponsible to stay in a place where drug addicts commit home invasions to the point where they are called "frequent flyers."2023 April 8, @natfriedman, Twitter (post):
3

Medicine, Sciences Derogatory, Idiomatic, Slang A patient who frequents a health facility with minor complaints or malingering.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.