Male 'bimbo' ? Bimbo : &nbsp;such an innocuous word in the original Italian, transmogrified on its adoption in to English, where it is now a derogatory reference to a good-looking girl with 'not a lot

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Male 'bimbo' ?

Bimbo : such an innocuous word in the original Italian, transmogrified on its adoption in to English, where it is now a derogatory reference to a good-looking girl with 'not a lot up top'. A perusal of images on Google [for the Italian version in Notebook] suggests that she is always a blonde !

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bimbo

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bimbo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo

The mistress of a former British politician [successfully, I believe] sued a national newspaper for defamation by 'bracketing her with bimbos'.

In the interest of gender equality, what should we call her male counterpart ?

Jan 11, 2018 12:32 PM

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