Blimp
Blimp noun - Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low).
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Zeppelin
Zeppelin noun - A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs.
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The last kind of airship has just been recently invented, the Hybrid Airship, which can be a blimp or a Zeppelin, but is heavier-than-air.
Source: Useful Notes / Plane Spotting -
The gigantic airship itself was a Zeppelin — a lighter-than-air craft like a blimp, but with a rigid internal frame.
Source: Useful Notes / The Hindenburg - The trope name is taken from another James Bond film, A View to a Kill, in which the meeting is taking place on board Max Zorin's blimp, and the investor is, quite literally, Thrown From a Zeppelin.
Source: Thrown from the Zeppelin
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