bimbo

== English == === Etymology === From Italian bimbo (“a child, a male baby”), variant of bambino (“child”). Originated in Italian American theater, attested 1919, as “stupid, inconsequential man”, by 1920 developed sense of “floozie, attractive and stupid woman”. Popularized in 1920s by Jack Conway of entertainment magazine Variety, who also popularized baloney (“nonsense”) and palooka (“large stupid man”). Revived in popularity in 1980s US political sex scandals. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɪmbəʊ/ (US) enPR: bĭm'bō, IPA(key): /ˈbɪmboʊ/ Rhymes: -ɪmbəʊ === Noun === bimbo (plural bimbos or bimboes) (derogatory, slang) A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence. Synonyms: airhead, bimbette, floozie Coordinate terms: himbo, thembo a. 1992, P. J. O’Rourke, a sketch A bimbo is a woman who is not pretty enough to be a model, not smart enough to be an actress, and not nice enough to be a poisonous snake. (derogatory, slang) A stupid or foolish person. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bambino ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Words from Variety === References === == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bimbo, from Italian bimbo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪm.boː/ Hyphenation: bim‧bo === Noun === bimbo f (plural bimbo's, diminutive bimbootje n) (derogatory) bimbo (unintelligent floozie) == Finnish == === Etymology === From English bimbo, from Italian bimbo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbimbo/, [ˈbimbo̞] Rhymes: -imbo Syllabification(key): bim‧bo Hyphenation(key): bim‧bo === Noun === bimbo (colloquial, derogatory) bimbo (moron) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bimbo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Italian == === Etymology === Variant of bambino (“child”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbim.bo/ Rhymes: -imbo Hyphenation: bìm‧bo === Noun === bimbo m (plural bimbi, feminine bimba, diminutive bimbétto or bimbìno, augmentative bimbóne) child, baby (male) ==== Descendants ==== → English: bimbo === Anagrams === bombi == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English bimbo, from Italian. === Noun === bimbo m (definite singular bimboen, indefinite plural bimboer, definite plural bimboene) (derogatory) bimbo === References === “bimbo” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English bimbo, from Italian. === Noun === bimbo m (definite singular bimboen, indefinite plural bimboar, definite plural bimboane) (derogatory) bimbo === References === “bimbo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbim.bɔ/ Rhymes: -imbɔ Syllabification: bim‧bo === Noun === bimbo (Poznań) vocative singular of bimba == Portuguese == === Verb === bimbo first-person singular present indicative of bimbar == Swedish == === Noun === bimbo c (derogatory) bimbo (attractive and stupid young woman) ==== Declension ==== === References === bimbo in Svensk ordbok (SO) bimbo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)