Military slang for a flight suit — the full-body garment worn by jet pilots, astronauts, and aircrew. The nickname plays on the idea of zooming through the sky at high speed, and 'bag' is a casual way to refer to a loose-fitting, one-piece garment. It's the kind of irreverent nickname that develops naturally in military culture, where aviators rarely miss a chance to make their own equipment sound either cooler or more ridiculous than it is.
He showed up at the reunion still wearing his old zoom bag like it was a fashion statement.
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(military slang) A flight suit.
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