Definitions for colonel blimp
colonel blimp

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1. Colonel Blimp, Blimpnoun

   any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)

2. Colonel Blimpnoun

   a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low

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1. Colonel Blimpnoun

   A stereotype of a pompous, ex-military middle-aged man, conservative and opposed to new ideas.

2. Etymology: From the name of a cartoon character created by Sir David Low.

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1. Colonel Blimp

   Colonel Blimp is a British cartoon character by cartoonist David Low, first drawn for Lord Beaverbrook's London Evening Standard in April 1934. Blimp is pompous, irascible, jingoistic, and stereotypically British, identifiable by his walrus moustache and the interjection "Gad, Sir!" Low claimed that he developed the character after overhearing two military men in a Turkish bath declare that cavalry officers should be entitled to wear their spurs inside tanks. The character was named after the barrage balloon, which was known as a blimp.

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1. colonel blimp

   Colonel Blimp is a British term, originating from a popular cartoon character, used to describe an old-fashioned, pompous, and conservative person, often a military figure who is overtly patriotic, out-of-touch, and resistant to change or progress. The term may also refer to someone who is excessively bureaucratic or dogmatic in their views.

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1. Colonel Blimp

   Colonel Blimp is a British cartoon character. The cartoonist David Low first drew Colonel Blimp for Lord Beaverbrook's London Evening Standard in the 1930s: pompous, irascible, jingoistic and stereotypically British. Low developed the character after overhearing two military men in a Turkish bath declare that cavalry officers should be entitled to wear their spurs inside tanks. Low named the character from the barrage balloon known as a Blimp because its official description was Balloon Type B - limp. Blimp would issue proclamations from the Turkish bath, wrapped in his towel and brandishing some mundane weapon to emphasize his passion on some issue of current affairs. Unfortunately, his pronouncements were often confused and childlike. His phrasing often includes direct contradiction, as though the first part of a sentence of his did not know what it was leading to, with the conclusion being part of an emotional catchphrase. For instance: "Gad, Sir! Mr Lansbury is right. The League of Nations should insist on peace — except of course in the case of war.", or: ""Gad, Sir! Lord Bunk is right. The govt. is marching over the edge of an abyss, and the nation must march solidly behind them."

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1. • Fictional Character
   • Reactionary

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of colonel blimp in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of colonel blimp in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=colonel blimp
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Colonel_Blimp
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Blimp
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=colonel blimp