Etymology

Concordski

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Today it means: The Tupolev Tu-144 (a Soviet supersonic airliner). Full definition →

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The story

From Concorde (supersonic airliner) + -ski as a satirical coinage, due to being a Soviet aircraft with very similar role and visual profile, and as an allusion to the alleged Soviet industrial espionage of Concorde which was purported to have made the aircraft's design and construction possible.

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