(travel, derogatory, US) Passengers who crowd around the boarding gate in hopes of being the first in their boarding group or outright attempt to board a plane before their assigned time to do so.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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