snarge

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English

Etymology

Blend of snot +‎ garbage.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɑː(ɹ)dʒ/
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Noun

The remains of a bird struck by a high-speed train.

snarge (uncountable)

  1. (military, aviation, slang) The remains of a bird after it has collided with an airplane (in a bird strike), especially a turbine engine.
    • 2009 January 25, Matthew L. Wald, “Identifying the Bird After a Strike, When Not Much Bird Is Left”, in New York Times:
      Arriving mostly in sealed plastic bags, these included birds’ feet, whole feathers or tiny bits of down, and pulverized bird guts, known as snarge.
    • 2022 April 14, Jason Bittel, “‘Snarge’ Happens, and Studying It Makes Your Flight Safer”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 14 April 2022:
      Snarge can be a wad of a Canada goose lodged inside an airplane engine. Or it can be a broken and burned gull feather littered along the runway. Snarge can even be as small as a rusty-red smear on the nose of an airliner. But no matter what form it takes, every bit of snarge is different — and all snarge is important.

References

  1. ^ Phillips, Michael M. (2008 January 4) “In Battle on Birds, Air Force Deploys A Secret Weapon”, in The Wall Street Journal:Ms. Dove calls the morning delivery "snarge," a term of art that combines snot and garbage.

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