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bimbo

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbɪmbəʊ

Definitions

  1. Initialism of buy-in management buyout.
  2. A city in the Central African Republic.
  3. A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence.
  4. A stupid or foolish person.

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Examples

“Anyway, to make⟳ a long, dull story even duller, I come⟳ from a time when a guy like⟳ me used to come⟳ into a joint like⟳ this and pick⟳ up a young chick like⟳ you and… call⟳ her a ‘bimbo’.”
“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.”
“[Tina] Fey […] makes hay with the thought processes of a purebred bimbo: […]”
“And one had to remember⟳ that most of the bimbos to whom Roberta Wickham had been giving the bird through the years had been of the huntin', shootin' and fishin' type⟳, fellows who had more or less shot their bolt after saying 'Eh, what?' and slapping their leg with a hunting crop.”
“Isn't he the bimbo who took the bread out of the mouths of the Thursday Review⟳ people? Chuck the blighter out of the window and we want⟳ to see⟳ him bounce.”

CEFR level

C2
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