Originally Posted by
PTravel
Kettle is short for "Ma and Pa Kettle," i.e. a naive and uninformed casual traveler, as in, "I heard a Kettle with an economy ticket tell an FA, 'But I thought we could just sit anywhere. Aren't all the seats the same?'"
Related term: Gomer, short for "Gomer Pyle," meaning a louder and stupider Kettle, as in, "This Gomer boarded and said, 'Well, Golly, I wish I had a seat by the window because I like to keep it rolled down to get me some of that fresh air.'"
Your second definition is a little short. This is a term stolen from the medical community where ignorant people show up at the emergency room with runny noses and other similar life threatening emergencies. It stands for Get Out of My Emergency Room-- GOMER.
Last edited by Doc Savage; Dec 2, 2010 at 9:53 am