gateprompt

/ˈɡeɪtˈprɒmpt/adjectiveVerified New

Also in: Gatesitzer (Deutsch) · puntuborda (Español) · embarqprompt (Français)

Describing travelers who are at the gate before the board changes, irritating everyone who isn't.

The gateprompt sit nearest the door with bags packed at boarding-minus-forty. Their earliness is a lifestyle and their boarding is first, inevitably. They are resented mildly and admired thoroughly, and their seats overhead are, of course, fine.

Etym. — gate + prompt — the punctuality of the already-packed.

Rel. — gatehunt

Novelty check: APPROVE

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