🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

바보

Pronunciation / Transliteration: babo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dimbo/ˈdɪm.boʊ/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 정말 바보 같은 실수를 저질렀다."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A foolish, stupid, or mentally slow person.

    "He felt like a complete dimbo after dropping his keys down the elevator shaft."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined as an alteration or playful variant of the noun 'dimwit', blending 'dim' (meaning dull-witted) with the suffix or rhyming cadence found in names and colloquial pejoratives like 'umbo' or 'dumbo'. It emerged in informal 20th-century American slang as a humorous descriptor for a foolish or slow-witted person.

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