The act of quitting one's job in flamboyant fashion, so named after Steven
Slater, the JetBlue Flight Attendant who dealt with one unruly passenger too many. He cussed out the passenger on the PA, said bye-bye to a 20 year career as a flight attendant, grabbed some beer from the galley, popped the escape
slide, jumped out on the tarmac, walked to his
car and drove home, thus becoming an instant folk hero.