jet-pooling

jet-pooling
 n.— «Teams will build their own cars and engines, with or without manufacturer support. They’ll do it with even fewer employees and fewer sponsors. Drivers will park their fancy motorhomes and private planes and share flights. They have already introduced a new word to the language—jet-pooling.» —“Economic Darwinism will thin the NASCAR herd” by Doug Demmons AL.com: Blog of Tomorrow (Birmingham, Alabama) Dec. 25, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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