"JBW" meaning in English

See JBW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Head templates: {{en-head|phr}} JBW
  1. (incel slang) Just be white (used sardonically to reflect the belief that white men are greatly advantaged over other men at attracting women)
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phr"
      },
      "expansion": "JBW",
      "name": "en-head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English words spelled without vowels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Incel community",
          "orig": "en:Incel community",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Racism",
          "orig": "en:Racism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021, Will Gerdes-McClain, \"Differents: Essays About a Human (and Humans)\", thesis submitted to Georgia College, page 96",
          "text": "‘JBW’ or ‘Just Be White’—the idea that being white automatically makes you more attractive, particularly to non- white women"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Megan Kelly, Alex DiBranco, Dr. Julia R. DeCook, in collaboration with the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism, \"Misogynist Incels and Male Supremacism\", https://www.newamerica.org/political-reform/reports/misogynist-incels-and-male-supremacism/a-brief-overview-of-intersections-with-race-and-class/",
          "text": "In misogynist incel communities, the acronym “JBW” (Just Be White) is a popular expression of white men’s perceived sexual advantages."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, TigerFestival, quoted in Hugo Engholm, \"The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus\", thesis submitted to the University of Uppsala, page 43",
          "text": "I'm not denying that, being white gives you an advantage, what annoys me about JBW spammers is they think ONLY being white will get you laid, when being white is merely an advantage, just like being tall. That's all really, if JBW spammers would say being white is just an advantage that's fine, I agree being white is advantageous, but simply being white alone won't get you laid. Same with being tall for that matter."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Just be white (used sardonically to reflect the belief that white men are greatly advantaged over other men at attracting women)"
      ],
      "id": "en-JBW-en-phrase-Um57UW-2",
      "links": [
        [
          "incel",
          "incel"
        ],
        [
          "Just",
          "just#English"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be#English"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white#English"
        ],
        [
          "sardonically",
          "sardonically"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "incel slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(incel slang) Just be white (used sardonically to reflect the belief that white men are greatly advantaged over other men at attracting women)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "JBW"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phr"
      },
      "expansion": "JBW",
      "name": "en-head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English incel slang",
        "English initialisms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English phrases",
        "English words spelled without vowels",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Incel community",
        "en:Racism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021, Will Gerdes-McClain, \"Differents: Essays About a Human (and Humans)\", thesis submitted to Georgia College, page 96",
          "text": "‘JBW’ or ‘Just Be White’—the idea that being white automatically makes you more attractive, particularly to non- white women"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Megan Kelly, Alex DiBranco, Dr. Julia R. DeCook, in collaboration with the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism, \"Misogynist Incels and Male Supremacism\", https://www.newamerica.org/political-reform/reports/misogynist-incels-and-male-supremacism/a-brief-overview-of-intersections-with-race-and-class/",
          "text": "In misogynist incel communities, the acronym “JBW” (Just Be White) is a popular expression of white men’s perceived sexual advantages."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, TigerFestival, quoted in Hugo Engholm, \"The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus\", thesis submitted to the University of Uppsala, page 43",
          "text": "I'm not denying that, being white gives you an advantage, what annoys me about JBW spammers is they think ONLY being white will get you laid, when being white is merely an advantage, just like being tall. That's all really, if JBW spammers would say being white is just an advantage that's fine, I agree being white is advantageous, but simply being white alone won't get you laid. Same with being tall for that matter."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Just be white (used sardonically to reflect the belief that white men are greatly advantaged over other men at attracting women)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "incel",
          "incel"
        ],
        [
          "Just",
          "just#English"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be#English"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white#English"
        ],
        [
          "sardonically",
          "sardonically"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "incel slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(incel slang) Just be white (used sardonically to reflect the belief that white men are greatly advantaged over other men at attracting women)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "JBW"
}

Download raw JSONL data for JBW meaning in English (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.