boating accident
Watercraft gone wrong
A boating accident is any mishap involving watercraft—collisions, capsizing, drownings.
In gun culture, the phrase has become an ironic meme: when asked about firearms that might be subject to regulation, owners claim they were tragically lost in a boating accident.
Sorry, all my guns went down in a boating accident.
The joke signals refusal to comply with registration or confiscation.
- capsizedFlipped upside down, nautically
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- man overboardAlert for fallen sailor
- overboardOff a vessel's deck
- sinkingFalling through water
rescue · water rescue · search and rescue · coast guard · life jacket · life vest · mayday · SOS signal · wreckage · swimmer · hull · propeller · collision · rough seas · waves · lake · marina · vessel
- water emergenciesdrowning, near drowning, near-drowning, water rescue, ocean rescue
- outdoor hazardsbears, heatstroke, snakes, blisters, sunburn
- alcohol harmalcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, alcohol dependency, alcohol poisoning, binge drinking
- injury claimspersonal injury, injury claim, injury settlement, insurance claim, bodily harm
boating accidentcar crash
Vehicular collision incident
car accident · automobile accident · plane crash · aviation accident · train wreck
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