I recently ran across the portmanteau himbo (him + bimbo), a male counterpart to bimbo. Turns out that bimbo has a complex history and a variety of senses in current English, with this variety of senses reflected in the way himbo is used. Let’s start with bimbo, which OED2 labels as slang (orig. U.S.).  The … Continue reading Bimbos and himbos