Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goldfish club

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables
gold-fish -club
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An informal association of people who have successfully bailed out of a disabled aircraft while it was over water, or after it had crashed into the water.

Etymology

From the fact that a pilot who lands in the sea is surrounded by water like a goldfish.

Inflected Forms

the Goldfish Club (canonical)

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Questions

What does goldfish club mean?
An informal association of people who have successfully bailed out of a disabled aircraft while it was over water, or after it had crashed into the water.
Where does goldfish club come from?
From the fact that a pilot who lands in the sea is surrounded by water like a goldfish.

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