Colonel Blimp

as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas felt like a Colonel Blimp when it came to how his grandchildren communicated with each other

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Noun
  • Context: Cruz, who was first elected to the Senate in 2012, rose to fame in Congress as a staunch conservative.
    Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In this race, Donald Trump is certainly not a conservative.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Also helpful is the kind of peer pressure among veterans who lead by example in terms of getting the proper amount of rest and recovery.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • His priorities include veterans’ rights, advocating for small businesses, protecting the border and education, according to his campaign website. AD-64 includes a portion of Los Angeles County and La Habra in Orange County.
    Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The new fossil found in Brazil, however, could change that.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The fossil is also thought to be the northernmost evidence of such birds found in South America to date.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • With his piano-pounding performances, wild vocals, bouffant hair and makeup, Little Richard burst onto the musical scene in the 1950s and shook up the stuffed shirts with a string of his hit songs that got both black and white people dancing.
    NBC News, NBC News, 9 May 2020
  • Karen Knorr’s photos of the private members’ clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues.
    The Economist, The Economist, 25 Feb. 2020

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“Colonel Blimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Colonel%20Blimp. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.

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