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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Recent Examples of Colonel Blimp In Zac’s report, Schoonmaker addressed Powell’s legendary filmmaking partnership with Emeric Pressburger, which spawned films such as The Red Shoes, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and Black Narcissus. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025 Powell is perhaps best known for his creative partnership with Emeric Pressburger, which produced some of the most brilliant British films of the 20th century, including The Life of Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948). Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025 Released in the thick of World War II, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp serves as a kind of origin story for the character but also, and above all, as a defense of his place in history and in shaping the national character. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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Noun
  • Following intense backlash from conservatives, the graphic was removed, and the museum issued an apology.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The fixation on trans athletes is a part of a larger anti-trans strategy from conservatives.
    Samantha Riedel, Them., 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Leading nominee Lady Gaga, Latin Icon Award recipient Ricky Martin and viral video breakouts Sombr and Conan Gray showcased MTV's commitment to balancing veterans and upstarts during the 2025 VMAs.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Thomas is a former NBA lottery pick and 13-year veteran and current basketball coach at a high school just up the road, Paramus Catholic, who had just shared a hearty handshake and hug with the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Organisms can turn into fossils that last tens of millions of years, but most organisms don’t become fossils; metals and plastics might not stick around at all.
    Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Often called living fossils, gingkoes have been around for over 200 million years.
    Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
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 9 Sep. 2025.

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