monthly tugboat

noun

A Social Security Disability Insurance payment.

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Meanings

nounmonthly tugboat (plural monthly tugboats)

plural monthly tugboats

  1. InterneteuphemisticrareA Social Security Disability Insurance payment.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see monthly, tugboat.

Origin

Coined by Christine Weston Chandler circa 2007 in contrast to the phrase "our ship has come in", representing a smaller reliable payment in contrast to a large windfall.

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APA

monthly tugboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monthly%20tugboat

MLA

“monthly tugboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monthly%20tugboat. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monthly tugboat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monthly%20tugboat.

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