Dictionary

Tibette en · PROPN

Etymology

Blend of Tina + Bette.

Meanings

1. (slang) The relationship between the characters Tina Kennard and Bette Porter from the television series The L Word.
   • 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. 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:
   • So what happens now? Well we obviously all wear out our DVDs and obsessively watch all the tributes on Youtube^([sic]) to Tibette and Sharman. 2010, Danielle Carter, “The L Word”, in Official Guide to London Pride 2010, page 55:
   • 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! 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)

Forms