turkey drop

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An event in which a turkey is dropped from a high altitude. literally
    — In the late 1980s, the tabloid sent two reporters to the turkey drop and ran an exposé titled "It's Sick! Yellville Turkeys Tossed Out of Planes—For Fun." The story described the "nightmarish scene" of the birds plunging to their death below.
  2. A breakup occurring around Thanksgiving, especially associated with first-year college students who have become separated from their high school sweethearts. neologism,slang
    — A lot of Turkey Drops happen in your Freshman year at college — and it's not hard to see why. If any of you, like me, had an ill-fated high school into college relationship, you've been there.
动词 v.
  1. To break up with a partner around Thanksgiving. neologism,slang,transitive
    — "We were both home and I wanted to do it face to face as opposed to a phone call or text," he [Robbie Schenker] said of turkey dropping his then long-distance girlfriend.

词形变化

turkey drops plural turkey drops present,singular,third-person turkey dropping participle,present turkey dropped participle,past turkey dropped past

词源

词源 1
Due to the association of turkeys with American Thanksgiving.
词源 2
Due to the association of turkeys with American Thanksgiving.
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