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monthly tugboat

monthly tugboat noun: a Social Security Disability Insurance payment.

Noun

monthly tugboat (plural monthly tugboats)

  1. (Internet, euphemistic, rare) A Social Security Disability Insurance payment.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see monthly, tugboat.

Forms of monthly tugboat

pluralmonthly tugboats

Origin of monthly tugboat

Coined by Christine Weston Chandler circa 2007 in contrast to the phrase "our ship has come in", representing a smaller reliable payment in contrast to a large windfall.

Questions about monthly tugboat

What does monthly tugboat mean?
Monthly tugboat means a Social Security Disability Insurance payment.
What part of speech is monthly tugboat?
Monthly tugboat is a noun.
What is the plural of monthly tugboat?
The plural of monthly tugboat is monthly tugboats.

Words near monthly tugboat in the dictionary

  1. monthly bills
  2. monthly friend
  3. monthly friends
  4. monthly meeting
  5. monthly meetings
  6. monthly tugboat
  7. monthly visitor
  8. monthly visitors
  9. monthlyish
  10. monthmen
  11. monthon

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