[Ads-l] snarge

[Jonathan Lighter]

AI:

>Snarge is aviation slang for the biological remains, such as tissue, blood, and feathers, that are left behind on an airplane after a bird collides with or is ingested by it. ...The term is a portmanteau of the words "snot" and "garbage".<

2009 _Post-Standard_ (Syracuse, N.Y) (Jan. 25) A-14 [Newspapers.com]:
Arriving mostly in sealed plastic bags, these included birds' feet,
whole feathers or tiny bits of down, and pulverized bird guts,known as
snarge....And if feathers don't [identify the species] the snarge goes
to the DNA section.

JL

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