bimbo
The origin and history of bimbo.
Etymology
From Italian bimbo ("baby, small child"), a variant of bambino. It entered American slang in 1919 meaning "a foolish man," then shifted by the 1920s to describe an attractive but unintelligent woman, popularized by Variety editor Jack Conway.
Class of 1919
bimbo first entered the language around 1919. Other words from the same year:
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