Meanings
plural jailbaits · alternative gaolbait · alternative jail bait · alternative jail-bait
- slanguncountableusuallyA 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."
2009, The Economist, Charis Wilson, model and writer, died on November 20th, aged 95
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 禍水妞 /祸水妞
- 禍水妞 /祸水妞 (huòshuǐniū)person below the age of consent for sexual activity
Finnish sakkoliha
- sakkolihaperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
French lolita
- lolitaperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
German Lolita, Knastköder
- Lolitaperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
- Knastköderperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
Greek πιπίνι
- πιπίνι (pipíni)person below the age of consent for sexual activity
Hungarian bakfis
- bakfisperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
Italian lolita, ninfetta
- lolitaperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
- ninfettaperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
Japanese ロリータ
- ロリータ (rorīta)person below the age of consent for sexual activity
Portuguese chave de cadeia, novinha
- chave de cadeiaperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
- novinhaperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
- pitaperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
Russian лоли́та, нимфетка
- лоли́та (lolíta)person below the age of consent for sexual activity
- нимфетка (nimfetka)person below the age of consent for sexual activity
Spanish cabrita, muchachita
- cabritaperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
- muchachitaperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
Swedish lammkött
- lammköttperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
Turkish çıtır
- çıtırperson below the age of consent for sexual activity
Cite this entry
jailbait. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jailbait
“jailbait.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jailbait. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jailbait,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jailbait.
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