jailbait
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 8
/ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt/
Definition of jailbait
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(slang, uncountable, usually)A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.
“"The first time she modelled for Edward Weston, in March 1934, Charis Wilson knew she didn’t look good. At 20 she was “a piece of jailbait”, a mere child, especially with the stumpy plaits into which she sometimes twisted her hair."”
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Etymology
From jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration.
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