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blimpish
blimp B0323300 (blĭmp)n.1. A nonrigid, buoyant airship.2. Derogatory An obese person.v.intr. blimped, blimp·ing, blimps Slang To become very fat. Often used with out: He's really blimped out since he got that desk job.
[Possibly imitative of the sound made by tapping the finger against the envelope of the airship.]
Blimp B0323300 (blĭmp)n. Chiefly British A pompous, reactionary, ultranationalistic person.
[After Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character invented by David Low (1891-1963).]
Blimp′ish adj.blimpish (ˈblɪmpɪʃ) adjhighly conservative and nationalisticblimp•ish (ˈblɪm pɪʃ)
adj. (sometimes cap.) pompously reactionary. [1935–40; (Colonel) Blimp + -ish1] blimp′ish•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | blimpish - pompously ultraconservative and nationalisticconservative - resistant to change |
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