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adjectiveblimpy (comparative blimpier, superlative blimpiest)
comparative blimpier · superlative blimpiest
- informalResembling a blimp; bloated
The blimpy costume, roughly humanoid, covered her from the neck to the wrists to the ankles with a plain white muslin fabric (why do we always think of fat people as pale?) stuffed with something airy, perhaps shredded toilet paper.
1988 May 27, Laura Molzahn, “Bodily Fears”, in Chicago Reader
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blimpy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blimpy
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“blimpy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blimpy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blimpy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blimpy.
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