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Word: airsick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...Brow: "Your jaw is firm, your gaze is steady, your mind is alert, your head is high . . . your fly is open." Anyone who is tired of traditional Christmas cards can pick up a Hi Brow: "You may be getting a big surprise in your stocking this year. Santa gets airsick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Hearts & Darts For Far-Aparts | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

Terrified, the hero requests compassionate leave-he wants to see his dear old mother before he blasts off. Request granted. On the way home the astrochump gets airsick-he doesn't like flying, but there wasn't enough time to go by bus-and is soothed by a beautiful stranger (Dany Saval) with a foreign accent, who calls herself Lyrae and can read his mind. Since the plane carries reading material of obviously greater interest (plane schedules, comic books, etc.), the hero concludes that Lyrae must be a Russian spy. In panic he calls the general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Astronaughts & FBIdiots | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

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