gipsvlucht

Dutch

FWOTD – 23 January 2024

Etymology

First attested in 1976. Compound of gips (plaster cast) + vlucht (flight).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɪps.flʏxt/
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  • Hyphenation: gips‧vlucht

Noun

gipsvlucht f (plural gipsvluchten, diminutive gipsvluchtje n)

  1. homeward flight for people who got injured (e.g. have fractures) on winter holidays
    • 2010, Esther Verhoef, Is uw man al af?:
      Een deel keert horizontaal per gipsvlucht huiswaarts, want skiën en een ongeschonden skelet gaan nu eenmaal niet samen.
      A portion of them go homewards horizontally with a return flight for the injured, because of course skiing and an unharmed skeleton just don't go together.
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