Nice try, Louis.
A search of the dictionaries shows:
Cambridge Dictionary of American English:
bimbo noun [C] SLANG
a young woman considered attractive but stupid
This word is offensive.
The American Heritage. Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
2000.
bimbo
NOUN :
Inflected forms: pl. bos
1. Slang A woman regarded as vacuous or as having an exaggerated interest in
her sexual appeal. 2. Slang A vacuous person: a male bimbo who even has
to be tutored in the clichis that comprise the basic interview (George F.
Will)
ETYMOLOGY: PERHAPS from Italian bimbo, baby.
Oxford English Dictionary:
A woman; esp. a whore.
1929 Amer. Speech IV. 338 Bimbo, a woman. 1937 Detective Fiction Weekly 3
Apr. 20/2 We found
Durken and Frenchy LaSeur, seated at a table..with a pair of blonde bimboes
beside them. 1952 S.
KAUFFMANN Philanderer (1953) xii. 194 Not that you were just a bimbo to me...
I've discovered that
I'm a little in love with you, too.
From The Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
bimbo (n., pl.)
bim7bo
Disparaging and Offensive. an attractive but stupid young woman,
esp. one with loose morals.
Jerry
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> How dare you try to tell me or anyone else the word BIMBO is sexist? You're
> dead wrong, buddy.
>
> And Marcel's calling Julia Roberts a "bimbo" is no more sexist than the New
> York Times calling her "giddy." Before you automatically accuse someone of
> using a "sexist" word, you ought to learn what the word means.
>
> It's an Italian word, and it applies to both men and women. In fact, it is
> used more often for men than it is for women. Remember, Italian guys aren't
> fast to insult women, but they'll call each other names in a hurry. My old
> boss at the pizzeria I worked when I was 16 used to call us guys bimbos if
> we did something wrong. I never heard Tony call a woman that name, or any
> other name actually.
