dimmo

dimmo
n
an unintelligent or dull-witted person. These embellishments of 'dim' (also influenced by 'dumb', dumbo and bimbo) have been favourite words with British schoolchildren since the late 1970s. He [Bruce Springsteen] is just dead pop-ular with a lot of dimmos because of the unchallenging nature of what he does.' (Alexei Sayle, Great Bus Journeys of the World, 1988)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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