# NBC's Poseidon Adventure!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-poseidon-adventure/332032>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 21, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-poseidon-adventure/332032 "2005-11-21T04:25:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-poseidon-adventure/332032/21 "2005-11-22T14:38:04Z")

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To continue the hijack, Merriam-Webster seems to think that bimbo can be applied equally to men or women

From [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/bimbo](http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/bimbo)

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> slang , usually disparaging : used especially of an attractive but empty-headed person

It does give the etymology as “perhaps from Italian _bimbo_ baby”

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-poseidon-adventure/332032/22 "2005-11-22T15:23:20Z")

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I see from the link that Richard Dreyfuss will be in the cast of the Wolfgang Petersen big-screen remake. I thought RD announced a few years ago that he would make no more movies? Guess his mortgage payment went up…

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