Nimrod

Nimrod has been the name of more than one person, place, or thing.

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• Nimrod - a Mesopotamian king.
• Nimrod - the ship used by Ernest Shackleton during his 1908 Antarctic expedition.
• Nimrod Fortress - a fortress in the Golan Heights.
• Nimrod - a town in Minnesota, United States of America.
• Nimrod - an album by Green Day.
• Hawker Nimrod - a Fleet Air Arm single-seater biplane from the 1930s.
• BAE Nimrod - a Royal Air Force maritime patrol aircraft.
• Nimrod - a villain in Doctor Who audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions.
• "Nimrod" - the ninth variation from Sir Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations
• Nimrod - a fictional robot mutant hunter that first appeared in Marvel Comics' Uncanny X-Men issue #191.
• Nimrod - a vampire in a Tomb of Dracula story that ran in the black-and-white Marvel Comics Dracula Lives! series.
• "Nimrod" - an obscure prince described in the "Book of Mormon" as a son of King Cohor, who gave up a kingdom at the death of his father to avoid being put to death himself. Ether 7:22

An American slang expression for a stupid or obnoxious individual. Originated from Bugs Bunny's nickname for Elmer Fudd, the stupid hunter, in a 1940s Looney Tunes cartoon.

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Bugs Bunny: Bugs Bunny is a fictional rabbit appearing in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, and is one of the most recognizable characters, real or imaginary, in the world. According to his biography, he was "born" in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York and the product of many fathers: Ben "Bugs" ...