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A plane that sprays pesticides, or a person who farts and flees the room.
means A small low-flying airplane that sprays pesticides or fertilizer over farmland — or, by rude extension, someone who silently releases a fart in a crowded room and casually walks away from the blast zone.
from The literal term comes straight from farming: 'crop' (the harvest) plus 'duster,' a machine that dusts fields with pesticide powder or spray, flying low in sweeping passes. The slang sense is a 20th/21st-century joke riffing on that image — a person 'flies over' a room, releases their payload, and moves on before anyone can trace the source, just like the plane disappearing over the horizon.
- origin
- Term predates airplanes, from manual dusting with powder
- flight style
- Flies low and slow, often under 10 feet up
- slang twist
- Silent walking fart released while passing unsuspecting bystanders
- modern upgrade
- Drones now replace planes for precision pesticide spraying