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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Oh no, this is panino vs panini all over again

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

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

Comma splice. Glass house?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

¡Con el osito Bimbo 🐻‍❄️!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Bimbo Bread!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why is it a political compass meme? Haha

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago