AWAD archives Sep 97 - 07/22/03 03:22 PM
http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives/0997
Band-Aid
Teflon
Ping-Pong
Technicolor
Jell-O
Kleenex
yo-yo
paparazzo
blimp - Wordsmith’s etymology misses a very important part. I think that even before WWII the British has as part of their anti-aircraft protection, large balloons with no motors, some carrying observers, some just with no occupanats intended to be a hazard for enemy planes who might crash if they hit the cables. The designation of these balloons was “B-limp” meaning they had no rigid elements, as dirigibles did.
Col. Blimp was portrayed as having a big belly, like a balloon.
pollyanna
fauntleroy
boniface
skunkworks
rambo
agoraphobia
erotomania
acrophobia
dipsomania
xenophobia
xenophobia
mythomania - compare with Münchausen syndrome
panophobia
prolepsis
anastrophe
aposiopesis
enjambment
anaphora
anaphora
polysyndeton
apophasis
apophasis
cachet
carnet
Band-Aid
Teflon
Ping-Pong
Technicolor
Jell-O
Kleenex
yo-yo
paparazzo
blimp - Wordsmith’s etymology misses a very important part. I think that even before WWII the British has as part of their anti-aircraft protection, large balloons with no motors, some carrying observers, some just with no occupanats intended to be a hazard for enemy planes who might crash if they hit the cables. The designation of these balloons was “B-limp” meaning they had no rigid elements, as dirigibles did.
Col. Blimp was portrayed as having a big belly, like a balloon.
pollyanna
fauntleroy
boniface
skunkworks
rambo
agoraphobia
erotomania
acrophobia
dipsomania
xenophobia
xenophobia
mythomania - compare with Münchausen syndrome
panophobia
prolepsis
anastrophe
aposiopesis
enjambment
anaphora
anaphora
polysyndeton
apophasis
apophasis
cachet
carnet