Albright College slang (1938) - bimb(o)

[Jonathan Lighter]

See HDAS for full treatment of both "bimbo" and "bim."

JL

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 3/8/2011 01:12 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> >"bimb"  ancestor of _bimbo_?
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> That caught my eye too, Wilson -- but  perhaps instead a
> descendant.  "Bimbo" has been found earlier than 1938 by the OED:
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> For men:
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>  a. A fellow, chap; usu. contemptuous.
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> 1919    Amer. Mag. Nov. 69/1   Nothing but the most heroic measures
> will save the poor bimbo.
>
> And even for chippies:
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> b. A woman; esp. a whore.
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> 1929    Amer. Speech 4 338   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.
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> [And Eudora thinks it's not polite.]
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> Joel
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