blimp 1916 -- (David Shulman has 1915)

[Dave Hause]

I'm afraid this is folk etymology, but the derivation I remember
(unattested) is that early lighter-than-air craft were either rigid, such as
the infamous Hindenburg, or "limp" and that the version adopted was the
model B, hence, Blimp.
Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
Ft. Leonard Wood, MO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Cohen" <gcohen at UMR.EDU>


On 15 Jan. 2003 Barry Popik wrote:
>BLIMP