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Bimbo vs Airhead - What's the difference?

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Airhead is a synonym of bimbo.



As nouns the difference between bimbo and airhead

is that bimbo is a physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence while airhead is a silly, foolish or unintelligent person.

bimbo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (derogatory, slang) A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence.
  • (derogatory, slang) A stupid or a foolish person.
  • Synonyms

    * * See also

    Derived terms

    * bimbodom * bimbette * bimboesque * bimbohood * bimboism * himbo

    Quotations

    (physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence) * A bimbo is a woman who is not pretty enough to be a model, not smart enough to be an actress, and not nice enough to be a poisonous snake. — * 2004': Fey [...] makes hay with the thought processes of a purebred '''bimbo — ''(The New Yorker) , 10 May 2004. (stupid or foolish person) * {{quote-book, i1=* , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter III , passage=And one had to remember that most of the bimbos to whom Roberta Wickham had been giving the bird through the years had been of the huntin', shootin' and fishin' type, fellows who had more or less shot their bolt after saying 'Eh, what?' and slapping their leg with a hunting crop.}} * {{quote-book, i1=* , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter XIII , passage=Isn't he the bimbo who took the bread out of the mouths of the Thursday Review people? Chuck the blighter out of the window and we want to see him bounce.}}

    See also

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    References

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    airhead

    English

    Etymology 1

    ; having one's head filled with air instead of grey matter.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative) A silly, foolish or unintelligent person.
  • Synonyms
    * (silly person) bimbo, bubblehead, valley girl, dumb blonde,

    Etymology 2

    , by analogy with ''beachhead, bridgehead, railhead. ''

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A landing area for aircraft for supplying an operation, military or other, usually temporary.
  • (military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized by paratroopers or helicopter-based troops to ensure the further landing of troops and/or materiel.