plural bimbos
1
informal + disparaging : woman
especially : an attractive but vacuous woman
2
dated slang, usually disparaging : man, fellow
… no recently engaged bimbo cares to discover that he was not the little woman's first choice.P. G. Wodehouse

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Thankfully, Kristine Froseth adds pep as a bimbo who hasn’t yet learned how to talk as leadenly as everyone else. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026 Combined with Angel and Rue’s drive through the desert, Levinson seems to be pointing at the hollowness of the American Dream, which compels a person to risk their life, only to end up photographing dumb bimbos for OnlyFans. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026 At some point, no longer satisfied with merely paying bimbos for company while his wife rounded up innocent migrant workers, Noem developed an interest in becoming a bimbo himself — the particularly salacious dimension to the story that really got the internet buzzing. Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 Apr. 2026 Pedretti, meanwhile, commits fully to her bimbo persona, oscillating between titillating absurdism and unexpected discomfort. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bimbo

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from Italian bimbo baby

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of bimbo was in 1918

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“Bimbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bimbo. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

Geographical Definition

Bimbo

geographical name

town, the second most populous in the Central African Republic, located south-southwest of Bangui on the Ubangi River across from the Democratic Republic of the Congo population 124,000

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