turkey drops

Noun

turkey drop (plural turkey drops)

1. (literally) An event in which a turkey is dropped from a high altitude.
   • In the late 1980s, the tabloid sent two reporters to the turkey drop and ran an exposé titled "It's Sick! Yellville Turkeys Tossed Out of Planes—For Fun." The story described the "nightmarish scene" of the birds plunging to their death below.2018 November 20, Annie Lowrey, “Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane”, in The Atlantic
2. (neologism, slang) A breakup occurring around Thanksgiving, especially associated with first-year college students who have become separated from their high school sweethearts.
   • A lot of Turkey Drops happen in your Freshman year at college — and it's not hard to see why. If any of you, like me, had an ill-fated high school into college relationship, you've been there.2017 October 26, Lea Rose Emery, “How To Avoid The "Turkey Drop", AKA Getting Dumped Around Thanksgiving”, in Bustle

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