"thembo" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Blend of them + bimbo",
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  "etymology_text": "Blend of them + bimbo, by analogy with himbo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thembos",
      "tags": [
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      "expansion": "thembo (plural thembos)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2020, “Bimbos, himbos, thembos, and topping the almighty eggplant”, in Verse Magazine, 33rd edition, University of South Australia, published 2020, page 40:",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Elena Plumb, “Rise of the Bimbo”, in The Avenue, Northeastern University, published Spring 2021, page 41",
          "text": "Anyone who wishes to embrace their femininity and sexuality is welcome on the bimbos' glittery island, regardless of gender expression — Chlapecka address her audience as “bimbos, thembos, himbos, bimboys, or any 'bo' you wanna be” in a \"get ready with me\" video on her profile.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 November 3, Andrew Jankowski, “Hot Coffee Cart”, in Williamette Week, published 2021, page 24",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A physically attractive non-binary person who lacks intelligence; the non-binary equivalent of a bimbo."
      ],
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          "derogatory",
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          "non-binary",
          "non-binary"
        ],
        [
          "intelligence",
          "intelligence"
        ],
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          "bimbo",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, sometimes derogatory) A physically attractive non-binary person who lacks intelligence; the non-binary equivalent of a bimbo."
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "slang",
        "sometimes"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðɛmbəʊ/",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðɛmboʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛmbəʊ"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "''th''ĕm'bō",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "thembo"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "them",
        "3": "bimbo"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of them + bimbo",
      "name": "blend"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "himbo"
      },
      "expansion": "himbo",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of them + bimbo, by analogy with himbo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thembos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "thembo (plural thembos)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Rhymes:English/ɛmbəʊ",
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        "en:Non-binary",
        "en:People"
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          "text": "2020, “Bimbos, himbos, thembos, and topping the almighty eggplant”, in Verse Magazine, 33rd edition, University of South Australia, published 2020, page 40:",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Elena Plumb, “Rise of the Bimbo”, in The Avenue, Northeastern University, published Spring 2021, page 41",
          "text": "Anyone who wishes to embrace their femininity and sexuality is welcome on the bimbos' glittery island, regardless of gender expression — Chlapecka address her audience as “bimbos, thembos, himbos, bimboys, or any 'bo' you wanna be” in a \"get ready with me\" video on her profile.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 November 3, Andrew Jankowski, “Hot Coffee Cart”, in Williamette Week, published 2021, page 24",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A physically attractive non-binary person who lacks intelligence; the non-binary equivalent of a bimbo."
      ],
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        [
          "non-binary",
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          "intelligence",
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        ],
        [
          "bimbo",
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        "(slang, sometimes derogatory) A physically attractive non-binary person who lacks intelligence; the non-binary equivalent of a bimbo."
      ],
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        "slang",
        "sometimes"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈðɛmbəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðɛmboʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛmbəʊ"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "''th''ĕm'bō",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "thembo"
}