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bimbo | limbo |

As a noun bimbo

is (business) (buy-in management buyout).

As a proper noun limbo is

abbreviation of limburger, an inhabitant of limburg, a part of the low countries.

bimbo

English

Noun

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

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    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.}}

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    limbo

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia limbo)
  • The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum'') and those of unbaptized but innocent children (''limbus infantum ).
  • Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock.
    • My application has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for two weeks.

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    * aftermath * hell * paradise * purgatory

    Etymology 2

    Word of uncertain West Indian (notably Jamaican) origin, probably an alteration of (limber) as it is a physical agility test.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A dance played by taking turns crossing under a horizontal bar or stick. The stick is lowered with each round, and the game is won by the player who passes under the bar in the lowest position.

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