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[–] Lemminary 33 points 1 week ago (12 children)

(Rebranded to "Nito" a while back)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Back when I was a kid, "bimbo" was another slur for black people.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Just curious: where was that? Since I was a child, "Bimbo" meant a dumb, attractive, woman, and implied promiscuity. I heard it most in (Italian) gangster movies, mostly. From what I can tell, the racial slur meaning is used in Germany.

Funny; I lived in Germany for a couple of years and never heard that version, but then, I didn't hang out with the types that would be inclined to teach it to me. I got standard cuss words and some colloquial Bavarian curses.

[–] Shardikprime 1 points 6 days ago

Apparently it is a term that began with WW2. It's highly regional and not many people use it

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