Meanings
- JapaneseslanguncountablefictionCharacters or media made to appeal to shotacons.
And Yuu's one little shotabait~
2011 May 16, gottis_chan, LiveJournal, archived from the original on 16 Dec 20253 more examples
back in my day everyone knew kuro was shotabait and chose either to watch or not watch accordingly.
2024 April 16, @yingguangism, X (post), archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025antis will look at the most blatantly shotabait/shotacon aimed series in existance^([sic]) and still think they were just mistaken or right in liking it cuz they dont like it "in a weird way"
2024 June 27, @bunouji, X (post), archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025“shotabait” “lolibait” im the person being baited btw
2025 November 7, @loveshotarin, X (post)
Origin
From shota(con) (“someone attracted to childlike male characters”) + -bait. First attested in 2011.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
shotabait. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shotabait
“shotabait.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shotabait. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shotabait,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shotabait.
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