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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang A woman regarded as vacuous or as having an exaggerated interest in her sexual appeal.
  2. n. Slang A vacuous person: "a male bimbo ... who even has to be tutored ... in the clichés that comprise the basic interview” ( George F. Will).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A kind of punch, drunk as a liqueur, made with six lemons and a pound of sugar to a quart of brandy and a quart of water.

Wiktionary

  1. n. derogatory, slang A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence.
  2. n. derogatory, slang A stupid or a foolish person.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men

Etymologies

  1. 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. (Wiktionary)
  2. Perhaps from Italian bimbo, baby. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • madmouth odd how words switch genders all of a sudden. anyone remember Betty Boop's boyfriend Bimbo? Jul 14, 2009

  • asativum See also himbo. Oct 15, 2008

  • frindley My grandmother called her dog Bimbo. It was so embarrassing when we had to mind him for her – standing at the back door calling, "Bim-bo! Bim-bo!" Oct 15, 2008

  • wm_eddie Bimbo is a homonym of the Japanese word binb�? meaning "poor person" Dec 12, 2006

  • simdawdler "Bimbo" in italian means baby. :) Dec 12, 2006

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