3-1-1

311 3/11 3-11 English 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction Proper noun en US colloquial A restriction on air travel in the United States, such that passengers may carry liquids on board as long as they are in 3.4-ounce containers that fit in a single 1-quart bag. en Pete Muntean and Alexandra Skores TSA will no longer require all passengers to take shoes off at airport security checkpoints w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/travel/tsa-shoes-security-checkpoints 2025-07-08 The requirement for passengers to take their shoes off at TSA security checkpoints came nearly five years later due to “intelligence pointing to a continuing threat,” an official TSA history notes, following a foiled August 2006 terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives onboard transatlantic flights. The TSA introduced its 3-1-1 liquids rule for carry-on luggage in response. https://web.archive.org/web/20260108232626/https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/travel/tsa-shoes-security-checkpoints 8 January 2026 en North America telephony en 311. en Rick Paulas The Linguistics of Tragedy w:Pacific Standard https://psmag.com/social-justice/linguistics-tragedy-charlie-hebdo-terrorist-attack-98232/ 2015-01-16 9-1-1 is a phone number everyone knows growing up; its mention is associated with fear and disaster. If you’re dialing 9-1-1, something’s wrong. Using it in conjunction with another terrible event, then, isn’t a huge leap. If the events took place on March 11 (like the public information phone number 3-1-1), perhaps the metonym wouldn’t be “3/11,” since it isn’t similarly visceral. (It’s worth noting that the Madrid train bombings, which took place on March 11, are known in Spain as “11-M” due to the country’s use of the date-before-month method of date formatting.)(This connection between “9/11” and 9-1-1 is made evident in the story of its initial usage. https://web.archive.org/web/20250422061054/https://psmag.com/social-justice/linguistics-tragedy-charlie-hebdo-terrorist-attack-98232/ French Proper noun m 1 fr Canada US telephony fr 311 Spanish Proper noun 1 es US Spanish Dominican Republic telephony es 311