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blimp

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–noun
1. a small, nonrigid airship or dirigible, esp. one used chiefly for observation.
2. Slang. a fat person.
Origin:
1915–20; of uncert. orig.
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Blimp

  [blimp]
(sometimes lowercase)
Colonel Blimp.
Origin:
1930–35
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blimp   (blĭmp)   
n.  

  1. A nonrigid, buoyant airship.

  2. Slang An obese person.

intr.v.  Slang To become very fat. Often used with out: He's really blimped out since he got that desk job.

[Perhaps from limp.]
Blimp   (blĭmp)   
n.   Chiefly British
A pompous, reactionary, ultranationalistic person.

[After Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character invented by David Low (1891-1963).]
Blimp'ish adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
blimp

  1. n.
    a nickname for an obese person. : This enormous blimp managed to get on the plane but couldn't get into a seat.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

blimp 
1916, of obscure origin, many claimants. "One of the weird coinages of the airmen." [Weekley] Common theory is that it is from designers' prototype nickname Type B-limp, in the sense of "without internal framework," as opposed to Type A-rigid.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia

blimp

nonrigid or semirigid airship dependent on internal gas pressure to maintain its form. The origin of the name blimp is uncertain, but the most common explanation is that it derives from "British Class B airship" plus "limp"-i.e., nonrigid. Blimps were used by navies during World War I in convoy and antisubmarine patrol duty, became attractions at fairs and expositions, and later carried advertising messages.

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