I wasn't sure what exactly i would write about for this week. But then the universe conspired to deliver an absolute gem. From there this post rights itself, co-incidence doesn't seem a strong enough word :)
Its not us celebrating the fairer sex this week, oh no. The Oxford English Dictionary has been kind enough to give up a little bit of space on its coveted pages for a particular type of female. Its really great that the OED is championing this type of under-appreciated girl. What is it?
The Bimbette.
Whats a bimbette ?
"Bimbette is used to describe a young woman or adolescent girl, especially one regarded as sexually attractive but thought to lack intelligence or distinctive personality." From Oxford English Dictionary
Awesome.
I cant wait to use that in scrabble. Now that this word is part of recognised language, I think its important than we have rules before we doll out this type of classification to just anyone who happens to be pretty but not quite the full picnic. Things to consider:
a) Can you be a temporary bimbette?
Its common knowledge that each time a woman reads a celebrity magazine, they lose 1% of their intelligence. Its been proved by scientists, somewhere, but I cant find the link right now. So if you take away a bimbette's celeb mags, daytime tv and replace with classic literature and late night chats about the big questions, can you cure the bimbette?
b) Is this a derogatory term?
As much as we might snigger or joke, there are a lot of advantages in dating very attractive, dumb people. It's like having a puppy, they would be really angry that you went out, but its too be busy being happy that your back.
c) How do you classify who is a bimbette?
I've devised a basic test to help in the classification of the bimbette.
The questions:
1) What colour is an invisible car?
a) It could be any colour
b) Orange
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2) What is D. F, L and Y in the following?
29 D in F in a L Y
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3) What is the capital of the USA?
a) LA
b) NY
C) Washington DC
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4) Can you see the great wall of china from space?
a) Yeah, totally.
b) Nah, space is really far away like.
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5) How many F's are in the following sentence:
OFTEN, FISH FIND FOOD AFTER FIFTY YEARS OF SWIMMING THE CHANNEL OF RALPH.
a) Six
b) Seven
c) Eight
d) Nine
e) Ten
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6) A farmer has 20 sheep, and all but 15 die. How many sheep are left?
a) 5
b) 19
c) 15
d) 20
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7) A doctors tells you to take a pill every hour. You have 3 pills. How long before they are all gone?
a) 1 hour
b) 2 hours
c) 3 hours
d) 4 hours
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8) What is Antarctica?
a) A continent
b) A country
c) A supermarket
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9) It's 3:15pm on a standard clock. How many degree's are between the hands?
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10) Who was Winston Churchill (actually answered incorrectly by Miss GB on live TV last year ;)?
a) A rapper
b) A Prime Minister
c) A US president
Scoring :
9 - 10: Geekette
6 - 8: Averagette
2 - 5: Bimbette
0 - 2: Ultimate Bimbette
I'll test these on the female members of laFraise and let you know how they got on. Stay tuned for potentially less offensive content later in the week.