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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-797/
- Published: 2022-04-05T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-05T18:03:15.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12

The word for today is…  
  
jettison (verb):  
  
1 : to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision  
2 : to drop (cargo) to lighten a ship’s load in time of distress  
3 : to drop from an aircraft or spacecraft in flight

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jettison?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Jettison comes from Anglo-French geteson, which means literally “action of throwing” and is related to the Latin verb jactare, meaning “to throw.” The derived noun jettison refers to a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship’s load in time of distress, and it is the source of the word jetsam (the name for goods “jettisoned”); the word is often paired with flotsam (“floating wreckage”). These days you don’t have to be on a sinking ship to “jettison” something: the verb also means simply “to get rid of.”

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