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jb

jb is the initialism of jailbait.

Meaning of jailbait

Noun

jailbait (usually uncountable, plural jailbaits)

  1. (slang, 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."2009, The Economist, Charis Wilson, model and writer, died on November 20th, aged 95

Noun capitalized: JB

JB (countable and uncountable, plural JBs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, slang) Initialism of jailbait.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism, slang) Initialism of jailbreak.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism, slang) Initialism of jelly bean.
  4. (US, abbreviation) Abbreviation of joint base.

Proper noun capitalized: JB

JB

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Johor Bahru.
    • JB side of Causeway to close in early hours tomorrow2018 December 12, Choo Yun Ting, “JB side of Causeway to close in early hours tomorrow”, in The Straits Times, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2018, title
    • Singapore rebuts Mahathir's claim over JB port limits2018 December 6, Shannon Teoh, “Singapore rebuts Mahathir's claim over JB port limits”, in The Straits Times, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2018, title
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of West Java: a province of Indonesia.

Forms of jb

pluraljbs
pluralJBs

Questions about jb

What is jb the initialism of?
Jb is the initialism of jailbait.
What part of speech is jb?
Jb can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of jb?
The plural of jb is jbs.

Words near jb in the dictionary

  1. jazzsters
  2. jazzwoman
  3. jazzwomen
  4. jazzy
  5. Jaén
  6. jb
  7. JBC
  8. JBG
  9. JBHS
  10. JBiebs
  11. JBIG

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jb (page history and authors); JB (page history and authors); jailbait (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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