planeitis

noun

planeitis

noun

Etymology From plane + -itis.

1

A supposed sickness from airplanes.

  • "I hear the hum of a truck!" "So's your grandmother," mumbled Taylor, "Got planeitis and motoritis very bad!"1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 45:

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