Bumpee

/bʌmˈpiː/ noun

Definition

A person who is bumped or displaced, particularly in airline terminology when a passenger is denied boarding due to overbooking.

Etymology

From 'bump' (to remove or displace) plus '-ee' suffix indicating the recipient of an action (like 'employee,' 'refugee', 'trustee').

Kelly Says

Airlines created this term when overbooking became standard—'bumpee' is corporate language that makes being involuntarily removed from a plane sound clinical and fair.

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