aluminum shower

== English == === Alternative forms === aluminium shower === Noun === aluminum shower (plural aluminum showers) (figuratively, aviation) The result of a midair collision of two aircraft. 1999 April 22, Roger Ebert, "Pushing Tin" (film review), Chicago Sun Times (retrieved 20 Oct 2011): John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton play two air-traffic controllers who are prickly and complex. . . . They use cynicism to protect themselves from the terrors of the job. One guy "has an aluminum shower in his future". 2001, Frisco Rose et al., "Avoiding the Aluminum Shower," Eastern Oregon Science Journal, vol. 16 (Millennium Issue), p. 32: [W]e must be able to determine when airplanes are too close for comfort. (literally) A party or similar event at which aluminum household items are given, as for a wedding. (figuratively, dated) An event at which people give household items made of aluminum to the war effort. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aluminum,‎ shower. ==== Translations ====