Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence. · A stupid or foolish person.
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.
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- Borrowed-form mentionbimboit
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