Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Internet, euphemistic, rare)A Social Security Disability Insurance payment.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see monthly, tugboat.

Origin

Coined by Christine Weston Chandler circa 2007 in contrast to the phrase "our ship has com

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.

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Forms

plural: monthly tugboats
Singularmonthly tugboat
Pluralmonthly tugboats

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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