Club Fed

proper noun

A prison offering greater comfort and more facilities to inmates than is typical.

“The crackdown on insider trading sends a message: Wall Streeters accustomed to vacationing at Club Med had best be careful not to end up at Club Fed instead.”

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. CanadaUSslangA prison offering greater comfort and more facilities to inmates than is typical.

    Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment? [title]

    2025 November 22, Arwa Mahdawi, “Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. CanadaUSslangFederal prison.

    The crackdown on insider trading sends a message: Wall Streeters accustomed to vacationing at Club Med had best be careful not to end up at Club Fed instead.

Origin

A punning blend of Club Med (“resort vacation”) + fed (“federal”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Club Fed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Club%20Fed

MLA

“Club Fed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Club%20Fed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Club Fed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Club%20Fed.

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