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Club Fed

Club Fed proper noun: a prison offering greater comfort and more facilities to inmates than is typical.

Proper noun

Club Fed

  1. (Canada, US, slang) A prison offering greater comfort and more facilities to inmates than is typical.
    • Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment? [title]2025 November 22, Arwa Mahdawi, “Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. (Canada, US, slang) Federal prison.
    • The crackdown on insider trading sends a message: Wall Streeters accustomed to vacationing at Club Med had best be careful not to end up at Club Fed instead.

Origin of Club Fed

A punning blend of Club Med (“resort vacation”) + fed (“federal”).

Questions about Club Fed

What does Club Fed mean?
Club Fed means a prison offering greater comfort and more facilities to inmates than is typical.
What part of speech is Club Fed?
Club Fed is a proper noun.

Words near Club Fed in the dictionary

  1. club chairs
  2. club cheese
  3. club cheeses
  4. club drug
  5. club drugs
  6. Club Fed
  7. club feet
  8. club fender
  9. club fenders
  10. club finger coral
  11. club foot

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