Idiom of the day :- Bimbo

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

A young woman who is not very intelligent but is particularly attractive A : Frank’s new wife Marie looks exactly like the film star Marilyn Monroe. She’s got blonde hair and always wears sexy clothes. B : She sounds like a bimbo to me. I thought frank preferred intellectual women. What do they talk about ? A : Marie is certainly not a bimbo — she’s very brainy and works as a scientist. Most of the time they talk about nuclear physics ! This word was originally used in America in the first part of this century. It was short for the Italian bambino meaning baby. However, it wasn’t until the 1980s that the word became popular again and found its new meaning of an attractive but stupid young woman. A variation is himbo which can be sued to describe a man with similar characteristics.