JETSAM

PRONUNCIATION: (JET-suhm)

MEANING: noun:
1. Goods thrown overboard to lighten a ship in distress.
2. Discarded material, debris, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: An alteration of the word jettison. Earlier, jettison was the act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship in distress. From Latin jactare (to throw), frequentative of jacere (to throw). Earliest documented use: 1491.
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METS A.M. - the New York Metropolitans have a game in the morning

JETSCAM - that free airplane ticket offer you got was a fraud

JETS ARM - Joe Namath, no doubt about it