chemtrailn.
/ˈkɛmtreɪl/, U.S. /ˈkɛmˌtreɪl/ In the context of various conspiracy theories: an aircraft's visible condensation trail, believed to contain chemical or biological agents released for sinister or covert puposes. Cf. contrail n.
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1990 Chem. 131 Man. (Dept. Chem., U.S. Air Force Acad.) Fall (title) Chemtrails.
1999 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) 24 Mar. a12/3 What are the ‘chemtrails’? That is the term..coined to describe the strange contrails that many people have observed. They seem to be making people sick.
2002 Guardian 31 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) 30 (heading) Books on Islam, ‘chemtrails’ from planes, a terrorist attack, a toxin, a virus, anthrax: what really lies behind the mystery rash that has afflicted schoolgirls across the US since September 11?
2007 L. Dunning Lost Landscapes 155 All things associated with UFOs (cattle mutilations, alien abductions, chemtrails, sightings, reports, videos, photos, and updates) can be found on this web site.
2010 E. Kintisch Hack Planet xi. 223 A vibrant community of conspiracy theorists is under the belief that geoengineering is already being deployed by governments by releasing so-called chemtrails in the sky.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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