jailbait
jailbait — noun
1. a degrading slang word for a young person viewed in a sexual way even though the
a degrading slang word for a young person viewed in a sexual way even though they are below the legal age for sexual activity.
The editor removed jailbait from the review of the teen actor.
remove the word jailbait from + text
Fans condemned the host for calling the sixteen-year-old singer jailbait on air.
call + someone + jailbait
Mina told her friends that calling younger girls jailbait was disgusting.
Parents complained when the website used jailbait to attract teenage readers.
- minor
neutral legal term for a person under the age set by law
- underage person
neutral description that states age status without sexualising the person
- adult
a person who has reached the legal age
- of-age person
stresses that the person is legally old enough
文法句型
call + someone + jailbait
describe + someone + as + jailbait
use/remove + the word jailbait
用法筆記
Strongly offensive and objectifying. It often appears when people are criticising someone else's language or behaviour, not as a neutral label.