# bimbo

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɪmbəʊ/ · frequency rank #33,952

## Definitions
1. A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence.
2. A stupid or foolish person.

## Etymology
From Italian bimbo (“a child, a male baby”), variant of bambino (“child”). Originated in Italian American theater, attested 1919, as “stupid, inconsequential man”, by 1920 developed sense of “floozie, attractive and stupid woman”. Popularized in 1920s by Jack Conway of entertainment magazine Variety, who also popularized baloney (“nonsense”) and palooka (“large stupid man”). Revived in popularity in 1980s US political sex scandals.

## Easily confused with
- **bio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bimbo-vs-bio)
- **bomb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bimbo-vs-bomb)
- **bobo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bimbo-vs-bobo)
- **bombs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bimbo-vs-bombs)
- **bingo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bimbo-vs-bingo)
- **Bixby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bimbo-vs-bixby)
- **bib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bib-vs-bimbo)
- **bim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bim-vs-bimbo)
- **bibi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibi-vs-bimbo)
- **Bambi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bambi-vs-bimbo)
- **bilbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bilbo-vs-bimbo)
- **bamboo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bamboo-vs-bimbo)
- **Bilbao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bilbao-vs-bimbo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbimbo`, `bibmo`, `bimbbo`, `bimmbo`, `bimob`, `bmibo`, `ibmbo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bimbo