LUFTMENSCH

PRONUNCIATION: (LOOFT-mensh)

MEANING: noun: An impractical dreamer.

ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish, from luft (air) + mensch (man, person), from German. Earliest documented use: 1907.
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LUFTMESCH-- the fabric that covers airplane wings (in the early days of aviation, anyway)

LUFTMENSACH - The Right Stuff (the qualities that make one an airmen/test pilot)