pan-pan
Meanings
noun
- A radio call indicating a minor emergency requiring some assistance, or priority in handling, but not endangering the safety of the vessel or those aboard.
noun
- A Japanese prostitute who catered to American GIs in post-WWII occupied Japan.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From French panne (“breakdown”), reduplicated.
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