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“Blonde bombshell” is often used to describe an exciting, dynamic, sexy woman with blonde hair, particularly blonde celebrity sex symbols. The expression seems to have come from, or at least was popularized by, a movie and originally referred to a specific blonde bombshell.
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001318/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombshell_%28sex_symbol%29
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http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=bombshell
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dm54ki.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Zwillman
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In German bombshell is "Sexbombe".
I was born with blonde hair. Lost it in my middle teens when it went to a light brown.
I am a big fan of Jean Harlow also my favourite of one her that Harlow is superb Sex Appeal . Thank you Thank you
RIP Jean Harlow best woman in the cine history
Yes, spread the word! Too many people don't know who Jean Harlow is
simon bruh good to see u again
I think you guys might be deliberately choosing topics that inspire incredulity as you titillate us. In this instance giving us enough information to be led to the conclusion that MGM is super corrupt!
This chick was so in-bed with the Jews she might as well have been a politician.
Saying that the term predates the film means that you didn't actually tell us the origin. Just a bait and switch to talk about Harlow.
**VIDEO FAIL**
This video doesn't explain where the term "Bombshell" comes from.
All it tells us is that there was a movie called "Blonde Bombshell" and then everyone started using the term.
The "Blonde" part is easy to figure out.
It's the "Bombshell" part that is hard.
And all this tells you is that it dates back to 1860.
Okay… HOW does it date back to 1860?
What was the original context?
Who said it about whom specifically?
That's why I clicked on this.
I wanted to learn about the origin of "Bombshell" as a term for a woman.
Ten random facts about Jean Harlow doesn't answer that question.
Um you didn't actually explain where the origin comes from?
the last bonus fact is partially correct. the hemisphere you're in doed afect the way the water spirals, however, this efect can only be truly be observed when talking about a pool of still water.. as a pre existing flow would override the efect. this also means that toilets do not show this effect since the direction of its flow it dictated by the positions from water flows when you flush it
The original blonde bombshell, Mae West, was born on August 17, 1893. Mae grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Her father was “Battlin' Jack” …
Does anyone know what the record for bonus facts are because this should be close or at the top? lol
I think the more interesting part would be how it got started in american culture
Why DK watermark?
so it's not from dying their hair with explosives?
What a weird video. Why isn't called Facts About Gene Harlow?
I always thought it was because women used to use explosives to dye their hair blonde
I grew up with people who had hair this blonde the whole time I knew them. so far as I know that didn't change.
wow her life was depressing af
I always thought Mae West was called a blonde bombshell long before Jean Harlow.
Note to self: Don't get involved with any blonde bombshells.
not as well known in the US, but…
Diana Dors – The British Marilyn Monroe…
led a wild life, as crazy as any fiction…
excerpt:
"Dors claimed to have left a large fortune to her son in her will, via a secret code in the possession of her third husband, actor Alan Lake, but after Lake’s suicide, this code was never found, and no money has ever been traced."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Dors
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002047/
One of her films includes:
Blonde Sinner (British title: "Yield to the Night")
great film noir, from Britain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049019/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_68
Now that you know where "blonde bombshell" came from check out this video and find out The Origin of the Phrase “Once in a Blue Moon”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EgePL0eTSQ
This guy looks like jhonny sin's brother who got lost in a carnival.
1:35 in no instances is it "Men" WTF???
Wow so i had Scarlet Fever twice as a kid…
Can boys be blond bombshell? 🤔😎