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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Pencilnoob@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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

The word bimbo derives from the Italian bimbo, a masculine-gender term that means "little or baby boy" or "young (male) child" (the feminine form of the Italian word is bimba).

As bimbo began to be used increasingly for females, exclusively male variations of the word began to surface, like mimbo and himbo, a backformation of bimbo, which refers to an unintelligent, but attractive, man.

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[-] javasux@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago
[-] TheMinions@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Why is it a political compass meme? Haha

[-] XEAL@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] teft@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

When i first moved to colombia I would always laugh in the bread aisle when i saw this brand.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Bimbo Bread!

[-] SaddieTheMad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

¡Con el osito Bimbo 🐻‍❄️!

[-] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Kinda like how "no problemo" is American slang, and doesn't exist in any Spanish anywhere. "problema" is the word , and so you'd say "no hay problema". Although, "problema" is actually a masculine word, probably getting the ending "a" from Greek roots (rather than Latin)

[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

Was there ever an implication that "no problemo" was Spanish? I'm from a country with 0 Spanish influence and it's occasionally used. I just thought it was because it rhymes.

[-] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean I think its origin is American Spanglish? But, regardless, it's definitely one of the things that my American friends start saying a lot more when in Mexico. 😅

edit after searching: I guess it expanded further via usage in media? Terminator 2 (1991): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx1GVC8eTkA

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

Bimbo is a vernacular word now regardless of origin and correct grammatical use.

[-] havocpants@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Oh no, this is panino vs panini all over again

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago
[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Bimbo is Italian and masculine, the correct feminine term would be "bimba"

Comma splice. Glass house?

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