Tibette

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English

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Etymology

Blend of Tina +‎ Bette.

Proper noun

Tibette

  1. (fandom slang) The relationship between the characters Tina Kennard and Bette Porter from the television series The L Word.
    • 2009 December, Becky Walker, “Imagining the future of lesbian community: The case of online lesbian communities and the issue of trans”, in Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, volume 23, number 6, page 933:
      The assertion of Tibette as a couple could be read as a norm of the group, against which all other couples and pairings were judged.
    • 2010, Danielle Carter, “The L Word”, in Official Guide to London Pride 2010, page 55:
      So what happens now? Well we obviously all wear out our DVDs and obsessively watch all the tributes on Youtube to Tibette and Sharman.
    • 2015, anonymous, quoted in Sarah Cefai, "Love's Lesbian Refrain of Feeling: 'Bette and Tina' and the Subversion of Heterosexual Affect", Rhizomes: Cultural Studies In Emerging Knowledge, Issue 28 (2015):
      Bette is OMG! I love her ... I'm straight and somehow she manages to turn me on ... and Tibette is the ultimate great couple on The L Word! Go Tibette!
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tibette.