jailbait
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Etymology[edit]
jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration.
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Noun[edit]
jailbait (usually uncountable, plural jailbaits)
- (slang) 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.
- 2009, The Economist, Charis Wilson, model and writer, died on November 20th, aged 95:
- "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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person below the age of consent for sexual activity
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See also[edit]
- malebait (rare) (an underage male perceived to be attractive by adult females)
- statutory rape
- molest
- paedophilia, pedophilia
- paedophile, pedophile