Slang word of the day: gate rape

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gate rape

noun

• a more thorough inspection of some passengers flying in the United States, prior to entering the gate area.

  Since 9/11, flight crews have often had to go through screening alongside passengers, and are even pulled aside for special searches. The pilots call it "gate-rape"...
  
  -- "Airline Security: Stuck on the Runway?", Time, Sally B. Donnelly, Apr. 21 2002

• the invasive security screening procedure mandated in the United States by the Transportation Security Administration, starting in November 2010.

  Some have dubbed it the "freedom grope." Others call it "gate rape." But whatever the snarky nickname, there is no denying that American passengers are in a huff over the new TSA pat-down procedure.
  
  -- "'Freedom Grope,' 'Gate Rape' -- Whatever You Call It -- Do You Think It's Worth It?", Nightline's Daily Line, November 17 2010

verb

• to perform the invasive security screening procedure mandated in the United States by the TSA.

  I got gate raped today.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)