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Definition blimp

Etymology

Origin not entirely certain. However, most historians believe that it is onomatopoeia for the sound a blimp makes when thumped. Although there is some disagreement among historians, credit for coining the term is usually given to Lt. A.D. Conningham of the British Royal Navy in 1915.

There is an often repeated, but false, alternative explanation for the term. The erroneous story is that at some time in the early 20th century, the United States military had two classes for airships: Type A-rigid and Type B-limp, hence “blimp”. In fact, A. D. Topping reports on the “Etymology of ‘Blimp’”, in the AAHS Journal, Winter 1963, that:

Noun

blimp (plural blimps)

1. An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
2. (by extension) Any large airborne inflatable.
3. (slang) An obese person.
4. A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.

Verb

blimp (third-person singular simple present blimps, present participle blimping, simple past and past participle blimped)

1. (slang, intransitive) To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.

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