wingman

[ronbutters at AOL.COM]

It was NOT current at U of Iowa in the 1960s. We were not that devious.

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From: Dave Wilton
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>That's not quite the collegiate sense of "wingman" that I recall from
>the late '80s / early '90s. This extended definition from
>Urbandictionary seems more canonical:

It is at least a few years older. It was current when I went to college in
the early 80s (1981-85).

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