los jibbities

English

Etymology

Alteration of LGBT, where L is reinterpreted as the Spanish definite article el (plural los), and GBT as a noun, +‎ -ies (plural suffix). Popularized by Puerto Rican TikTok influencer Dez the Lez in a short storytime video in 1 June 2021, the start of Pride Month. In the video, the creator explains how her Spanish-speaking mother created the term as a nonce word after forgetting the correct term in English.

Pronunciation

Noun

los jibbities pl (plural only)

  1. (humorous) Pride Month.
    It's time for los jibbities!
  2. (humorous) The LGBTQ community; queer people collectively.
    • 2022 June 21, @count_thotticus, Twitter‎[1] (post), X Corp.:
      thought I was cis but I just put on a fishnet crop top and felt SUCH gender euphoria

      I understand why los jibbities love fishnet tops.
      (Can we archive this URL?)
    • 2022 October 7, @bugchuckles, Twitter‎[2] (post), X Corp.:
      diagnosed with los jibbities at owl house poster checkout
      (Can we archive this URL?)
    • 2023 January 8, @stonesoaked, Twitter‎[3] (post), X Corp.:
      i mean with the colors and the word "diversity" it's definitely giving off los jibbities vibes
      (Can we archive this URL?)
    • 2024 November 13, u/Totatus, “Don't understand why trump is going after trans folk.”, in r/Defeat_Project_2025‎[4] (Reddit post), Reddit, Inc.:
      From my experience it's because sooooo many Republicans seem to think being LGBTQ as a whole is inherently sexual. It's too far to the right on the Overton window to go against all los jibbities so they go after the most vulnerable part of los jibbities- the trans community.
      (Can we archive this URL?)
    • 2025 May 31, u/Impatient_Orca, “What did you try once and immediately realize it wasn’t for you?”, in r/AskReddit‎[5] (Reddit post), Reddit, Inc.:
      I was 1000% straight until right around 35 and suddenly I was... bi? Idk what to call it, but my attraction to guys went WAY down (I still like skinny, kinda fem guys) and attraction to women went way up (especially masc), plus anything in between. It was a weird shift to go from being the token straight in the group to just another one of los jibbities.
      (Can we archive this URL?)

See also

  • el jibbity

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.