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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fifa",
"sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фифа"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mujer florero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bimbo"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trouba"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trubec"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "idiot"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "andouille"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "couillon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neuneu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"word": "Idiot"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"word": "Dummkopf"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"word": "fajankó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"word": "bunkó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stupid or foolish person",
"word": "tuskó"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Variety (magazine)"
],
"word": "bimbo"
}
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