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Bim, BEM, Bum
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English
thumb|alt=Comic book cover showing a man in a spacesuit shooting a monster, as the monster grabs a woman in a spacesuit with its tentacles|Bim, BEM, Bum
Etymology
en bimbo 1 + en BEM Bug-Eyed Monster + en bum incompetent man. From a typical composition for the cover art of science fiction pulp magazines such as Thrilling Wonder Stories, notably by artists such as Earle K. Bergey and Rudolph Belarski, featuring a woman (the "Bim") being attacked or threatened by a monster (the "BEM"), while a man (the "Bum") protects her and/or attacks the monster.
Phrase
phr ~[B:b]im; [B:b]um
en fandom slang art Retro art composition; composition stereotypical of the cover art of mid-20th-century science fiction pulp magazines.
Meronyms
en retrofuturism
Holonyms
en bimbo, en bug-eyed monster, en bum
en Science fiction Stock characters
en coordinated triples