bimbo

[bim-boh] /ˈbɪm boʊ/
noun, plural bimbos, bimboes. Slang.
1.
a foolish, stupid, or inept person.
2.
a man or fellow, often a disreputable or contemptible one.
3.
an attractive but stupid young woman, especially one with loose morals.
Origin
1915-20, Americanism; perhaps < Italian bimbo baby
Examples from the web for bimbo
  • bimbo said in court papers that his co-workers believed he was retiring.
  • Here was proof that looking good need not be synonymous with looking bimbo.
  • But someone's got you thinking you went from serious actress to aging bimbo.
British Dictionary definitions for bimbo

bimbo

/ˈbɪmbəʊ/
noun (pl) -bos, -boes
1.
an attractive but empty-headed young woman
2.
a person, esp a foolish one
Word Origin
C20: from Italian: little child, perhaps via Polari
Word Origin and History for bimbo
n.

1919, "fellow, chap," from variant of Italian bambino "baby;" first attested in Italian-accented theater dialogue. Originally especially "stupid, inconsequential man, contemptible person;" by 1920 the sense of "floozie" had developed (popularized by "Variety" staffer Jack Conway, d.1928). Resurrection during 1980s U.S. political sex scandals led to derivatives including diminutive bimbette (1990) and male form himbo (1988).

Slang definitions & phrases for bimbo

bimbo

noun
  1. A man, esp a mean and menacing one; baby, bozo: The bimbos once helped pluck a bank/ one of them bimbos which hurls a mean hammer (1920+)
  2. An insignificant person; nebbish: Nobody listened to the poor bimbo (1920+)
  3. A woman, esp a young woman of hedonistic aspect: What kind of a bimbo did he think I am?/ a bimbo with legs that go all the way up (mid-1920s+)
  4. A prostitute; hooker: Some escort services are just fronts for prostitution that men call up and the service just sends out some bimbo in blue jeans from Brooklyn (1920s+)

[fr Italian, ''baby, bambino''; see babe]