bimbo eruption
- noun
- /ˈbɪmboʊ ɪˈrʌpʃən/
- Offensive
:
escándalo sexual
- The press conference quickly turned into a discussion about the latest bimbo eruption.
Examples
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The bimbo eruption shocked the nation.
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Another bimbo eruption threatened to overshadow the administration's policy announcements.
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The politician faced a bimbo eruption just days before the election.
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What a scandalous bimbo eruption!
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The politician faced a bimbo eruption when allegations of his affairs were made public.
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The news coverage of the bimbo eruption overshadowed the candidate's campaign message.
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After the bimbo eruption, many voters questioned the candidate's integrity.
Synonyms
564
2.8
An action that shocks the public because it is illegal or morally wrong
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6.1
A piece of news that is very surprising and shocks people
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9.3
An event like a trial that gets a lot of public attention because people strongly disagree about it
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A public event where a famous person does something shocking that many people talk about
How Serious
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3.1
- Literature
564
2.8
- Offensive
465
4.9
- Literature
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4.8
- US
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3.9
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'bimbo' (derogatory term for an attractive, unintelligent woman) and 'eruption' (a sudden outbreak) can plausibly infer a sudden event or outbreak involving 'bimbos', so the general idea of a sudden scandal is partly recoverable. However, the precise sense—a media/political scandal involving allegations about women—relies on sociocultural and pragmatic knowledge and a metaphorical extension of 'eruption' to mean 'scandal', so the expression is not fully predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Bimbo eruption paints a picture using bimbo (a woman seen as shallow) and eruption (a sudden burst, like a small volcano). One popular story says it describes when stories about such a woman suddenly explode into the news, so it means 'a sudden media scandal, often involving a politician and accusations about a woman'.