Meanings
nounbimbo eruption (plural bimbo eruptions)
plural bimbo eruptions
- USderogatoryslangA scandal in which a woman publicly accuses a male politician of sexual misconduct.
Let this Little Rock lawyer and unintentional firefighter appear at the site of a bimbo eruption, and its scale shrinks from Vesuvius to anthill.
1996, Paul Greenberg, No Surprises: Two Decades of Clinton-watching
Origin
Coined by Betsey Wright, lobbyist for US president Bill Clinton, who was involved in such a scandal.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bimbo eruption
corruptiondisruptioninterruptioneruptionanticorruptionruptionabruptionincorruptionirruptionbozo eruptionchronodisruptioncountercorruptioncreeping eruptiondiruptioninfodisruptionmicrophotodisruptionovereruptionphotodisruptionplacental abruptionposteruptionproruptionsupereruptionuncorruptionundereruption
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
bimbo eruption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimbo%20eruption
MLA
“bimbo eruption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimbo%20eruption. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bimbo eruption,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimbo%20eruption.
Source: bimbo eruption on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.