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baby bat (plural baby bats)

  1. (slang) A fledgling member of the goth subculture.
    • 2004, Pete Hautman, Sweetblood:
      "Hey there, baby bat." Now I look. It's Weevil, the tall, orange-eyelashed, snakebite-swilling goth.
    • 2009, Sascha Illyvich, The Gift of Her Submission, page 5:
      Casey wore a black dress that fit her body to a T. [] Sheʹd always wanted to go baby bat Goth, here was her chance.
    • 2011, Lauren Rosewarne, Part-Time Perverts: Sex, Pop Culture, and Kink Management, page 128:
      When used as a criticism, baby bats are accused of not truly understanding the subculture's music or cinema []
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