Kippie bags, named after the former TSA head Kip Hawley, are those quart-sized bags we put toiletries in when going through airport security. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Kippie Bags”
Here’s another travel-related word.
So you know those court-sized bags that we’re forced to use to take our toiletries through the security line at the airport?
Yeah, the clear ones.
Well, it turns out there’s a name for those bags.
I don’t know how widespread it is.
I did find tens of thousands of uses online, so they’re called kippy bags.
Kippy?
Yeah, and they’re named supposedly after the former head of the Transportation Security Administration, Kip Hawley.
Oh, really?
Yeah, who was in charge at the time these bags were made mandatory.
Oh, look at Kip.
So you have your Kippy bag, K-I-P-P-Y.
That’s the quart-sized, you know, self-sealing plastic bag that you put your deodorant and your lotions and perfumes and shampoos and stuff in.
Oh, I’m going to use that next time I fly.
Yeah, next time I fly.
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