blimpish

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blimpish

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From blimp + -ish.

adjective more blimpish · most blimpish

  1. Blimp-like in appearance or size. The eccentric southpaw was in fine fettle, yielding only five singles and striking out 12 of the Dodger sluggers, much to the anguish of your slightly blimpish Uncle Wilbert Robinson.
  2. capitalized, often Pompously reactionary, like Colonel Blimp. A young Home Guard officer decides to show his Blimpish superiors that the younger generation is fed up with playing old-fashioned war games.

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@misc{blimpish_2026,
  title = {blimpish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blimpish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}