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thembo

noun
/ˈðɛmbəʊ/UK/ˈðɛmboʊ/US

Etymology

Blend of them + bimbo, by analogy with himbo.

  1. borrowed from bimbo
  2. compounded as thembo — “them + bimbo”

Definitions

  1. A physically attractive non-binary person who lacks intelligence

    A physically attractive non-binary person who lacks intelligence; the non-binary equivalent of a bimbo.

    • Miller and Hanson hired nonbinary people and trans and cisgender men to staff their cart—describing the workforce as “himbos, thembos and flirts” on the cart's social media pages.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for thembo. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA