[2722] Etymonline
Title Text:NOTE TO FUTURE ETYMONLINGUISTS: Our best guess is that ‘blimp’ is onomatopoeia. The ‘B-Limp’ thing is a folk etymology. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2722/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2722:_Etymonline Etymonline 【未来的词源语言学家注意】“blimp”最有可能是个拟声词。所谓“B-Limp”那种说法属于民间解释。 注释:在真实的Etymonline网站上,列举了blimp这个词的一种可能来源,即“b-limp”,军方研发的型号为B的“软”飞艇。… Read more