bimbo
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- noun
- /ˈbɪmboʊ/
- NSFW
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bimbo
- In her online posts, she often refers to herself as a bimbo to reclaim the stereotype humorously.
- bimbo-Barbie
Examples
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We can go from superwoman to bimbo Socialite.
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Barbie's not a bimbo.
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How does a bimbo sound?
Blog text (2) -
I can be a bimbo!
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I'm just the bimbo, remember?
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I'm a bimbo or what?
Fiction book (1990) -
- It's my greatest aspiration... a bimbo.
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If she's looking from the vantage point of the patriarchy, then yes, Dr. Isis is giving the performance of a bimbo on her blog.
Blog text (2) -
For all her bimbo-Barbie appearance, she clearly had a first-class mind; she actually spoke English, too, and so far she had not once said "totally" or spiked her sentences with meaningless interjections of "like."
Fiction book (1999) -
She embraces her identity as a bimbo, celebrating femininity and confidence.
Compounds
- Offensive
A sudden news scandal about a person's sexual behavior with women, often involving a politician
- Slur
A common unfair idea of an attractive woman who seems shallow and not smart
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the modern bimbo is to know it began as an insult from Italian bambino, which is like 'baby' and meant 'little child' or a 'fool'. Today many people take that old meaning and turn bimbo into a deliberate 'persona' of glamorous, sexual confidence to challenge or own the insult.