chemtrail

1. (often in the plural) A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.Examples: "You and me watching / Chemtrails is where we belong / That's what I mean when we talk in this jetstream"; "“We are going to stop this crime,” Kennedy [RFK Jr], who is known for his contrarian stances on vaccines and offshore wind farms, wrote about chemtrails on X in August.[…] Now, scientists are faced with a resurgent focus on chemtrails amid a related, more substantive, debate over whether actual modifications to the Earth’s atmosphere should be made in a desperate attempt to slow global heating."; "Conspiracy theories have become so mainstream that they are even prompting nonsensical legislation. Earlier this month, Louisiana lawmakers sent a bill to the state’s governor seeking to ban “chemtrails” – which don’t actually exist. […] Lawmakers in at least 11 other states are trying to advance similar “chemtrail” bans."in-pluraloften