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Jet Set the wealthy, fashionable, and famous people who travel frequently

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My Aunt Ida, on her farm in Iowa, loves to read about the jet set. Jet refers to jet planes. "Set" is a group of people. After the introduction of travel by swift jet planes in the late 1950s, the term "jet set" caught on to describe rich and fashionable people who rarely stayed in one place for any length of time. They were always flying off to a party in Hollywood, or to a luxurious home in Spain. Today, to be a member of the jet set, you just have to be a member of high society. The fact that "jet" and "set" rhyme helped make this a widely used phrase.

Idiom	Jet Set
Example	My Aunt Ida, on her farm in Iowa, loves to read about the jet set.
Meaning	the wealthy, fashionable, and famous people who travel frequently
Origin	Jet refers to jet planes. "Set" is a group of people. After the introduction of travel by swift jet planes in the late 1950s, the term "jet set" caught on to describe rich and fashionable people who rarely stayed in one place for any length of time. They were always flying off to a party in Hollywood, or to a luxurious home in Spain. Today, to be a member of the jet set, you just have to be a member of high society. The fact that "jet" and "set" rhyme helped make this a widely used phrase.

Jet Set People Travel Member Aunt Ida Farm