One upsmanship taken to extremes, particularly by drunken men. Etymology seems to stem from drunken campfire conversations regarding being hit by transportation vehicles. "I was hit by a bike once" "Yeah, well, I was hit by a car!" "That's nothing, I was hit by a bus!" "F****** wusses! I was hit by an airplane!"
"Why did Greg just say he hunted sharks in the Amazon?"
"Oh, the guys are playing the airplane game"
"Oh, the guys are playing the airplane game"
by Sophie Sock-Sorter February 24, 2012