BIMBO

Bimbo

“Bimbo, bimbo, bimbo…” The fan which is just above her face keeps on pronouncing the same word over and over. Radhika hated the fans which make such silly noises, because then, instead of sleeping she tries desperately to find out the message that it conveys. This time, it says “Bimbo”. She got down from the bed after few minutes and went to see it in the oxford dictionary. 0 results.
“It should be some posh word that I am not familiar with…should ask from somebody” she told herself.
Bimbo bimbo bimbo bimbo
“The word should mean something empty, blank or vacant” she cannot stop guessing the sense of the word.
This is not the first time that this absurd thing happened. All the memories came to her mind in a queue…flashes of a dark tall guy kept on appearing in front of her eyes. She blinked rapidly hoping that will help her to ignore this disquieting allure.
Bimbo, should be a word that we can use for stupid empty people, especially the girls…images of girls exposing their body, all made up, shaved, straightened hair, high heels, laughing their heads off, with a bunch of guys appeared and reappeared in front of her eyes. At the same time she felt bad to think in such a way about her own race.
She hurried to the computer and logged in to internet. She typed ‘bimbo-word reference’
One site indicated an example:
Main Entry:
bim•bo
Pronunciation:
\ˈbim-(ˌ)bō\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural bimbos
Etymology:
perhaps from Italian bimbo baby
Date:
1918

1slang : man , woman :telling a thickheaded pitcher that the bimbo at the plate hasn't hit a curve in three seasons — Jay Stulle —used as a generalized term of disapproval especially for an attractive but vacuous person

2slang : tramp 1c

“Bimbu, bamboo, bimbi, bimbi, oh! I have a friend called Bimbi! Should ask the meaning of her name next time I meet her” Radhika thought to herself. It’s difficult for her to stop thinking about this word which sounds so empty.
“Bimba, bimba, bimba devi… hey hey hey!!!! Yasodara, wife of the prince Siddhartha was called Bimba devi, right?” Radhika felt so happy finally.
Search results on bimbadevi in wikipedia:
Names: In this French text it is said that Yashodhara meaning the glorious one is the cousin and the main wife of Gautama, the mother of his son Rahula, she also became a nun. The names she has been called besides Yashodhara were: Yashodhara Theri, Bimbadevi, Bhaddakaccana ou Rahulamata (mother of Rahula).
It’s strange how a small thing like a single letter can revolutionize the meaning of something.
In Radhika’s life Bimbo and Bimbadevi stands in two extremes of the same line, like bitch and the angel. Different women personalities come to her mind, fiction and nonfiction, from Kuweni to her mother. Every woman is a legend, woman is beautiful and sad. Some say that men like to see women in tears and that makes them love the woman more and more. Radhika remembers having read somewhere that the woman is more attractive to men when she is sad or in tears, not when she is smiling or happy. That thought did not make her loathe the male generation but to look at it in a wider perception. She loved being a woman. That’s all.