Definitions is in plural for obvious reasons. Probably because the event was so shocking to the public and the term is so catchy, GTB went viral very soon. Perhaps out of misinterpretation/misunderstanding, or, more possibly, out of creativity, the most precise and original meaning of the term (the women who attended the Haitian Rendez-Vous and sold sex) has been altered. I chose three definitions given by netizens to illustrate the alterations and the differences between them.
The first one is from Urban Dictionary:
An internet slang used to describe a young woman that likes
to dress and act in a certain fashion in order to portray herself as pure
and innocent (ie: like green tea). However, in reality she is a
gold-digging slut that won't think twice before she sells her own body
or steps on someone's throat to get to a higher place (aka a bitch).
Another blogger, Ms. Qian, has a slightly different definition for GTB:
It particularly refers to sluts who pretend to be very innocent, with
beautiful long hair and a clean face. It seems as if she is not wearing
any make-up but she secretly does. It appears as if she is harmless and
has been hurt herself, like she has experienced so much pain. Actually
she is a woman who is more ambitious than any other. She pretends to
be a young pretty girl who is interested in art and literature. She often
works as an actress/journalist/hostess/writer, and likes to talk about
literature or politics to win a man's heart. She’ll talk about how much
she's been hurt in the past. She is a successful lady with a chaotic
private life.
A blogger, Ms. Wang, defines it as the follows with a long check-list to identify a GTB:
Green Tea Bitch is a slang in Chinese online community for girls who
pretend to be pure and innocent but in fact are manipulative and
calculating. The reason we call them "green tea" is because green tea
is supposed to be clean, pure, quiet and sophisticated, which is the
surface image this kind of girl wants to present.
How to identify a Green Tea Bitch?
Follow this check list:
1 Green Tea Bitch normally keeps long straight hair with bangs or parted in the center.
2 Skin color tends to be on the paler side. Most of them aren't drop dead gorgeous, but not ugly either.
3 Their favorite expression is to open their eyes wide and look at people (especially men) cluelessly.
4 They like vintage clothing and accessories.
5 Every time she meets you, she speaks in an exaggerated surprised tone: "Ah you lost weight! unlike me... I'm getting fatter every day"...
6 When hanging out with friends, she'll tell your guy friends that you're very popular and a lot of men are interested in you.
7 Green Tea Bitch has a lot of guy friends, they'll change their female friends periodically.
8 If you follow her microblog (Twitter or Weibo), you'll find she's kind of normal during the day time, after midnight, she start to write self-pitying tweets like "I'm such a loser...", "I must've done something wrong to be punished by fate", blah blah blah.
9 If she's hanging out with friends with 2 or more guys, she often stays until the end.
10 You suddenly realize your boyfriend somehow friended her on facebook, they follow each other on twitter, he has her phone number... and they actually have a lot of chats and you have no idea how they even know each other, congratulations, you have a GTB friend.
11 If GTB sees you have an argument with your boyfriend, she'd say: sigh... you know how he is... As if she's the one who knows your boyfriend the best!
12 When eating out, she takes 2 bites and says: "OMG I'm such a pig!"
13 Their favorite lines: "Oh I'm so stupid!", "Oh I'm so clumsy".
14 If you have a female friend, that you're not really that close to, yet every time she sees your boyfriend, she tells him that she's your BFF forever and your boyfriend needs to be good to you or face her fury... Yeah, that's a GTB.
15 "I like this book/movie/music.... too~~~ how did you know?"
16 Always tells people she can't drink, but always drinks "under pressure", and always gets drunk faster than anyone else.
17 They become more active when there's a guy in the party, if it's all girls, they're normally quiet and don't do much.
18 Says the most hurtful things to you then says: "Oh I'm sorry... it just burst out".
19 When at dinner party, always sits next to a male friend, after 3 rounds of wine or beer, always has an arm around her waist, and still has the most innocent look on her face as if she has no idea what happened.
20 Speaks softly and weakly, as if she hasn't eaten for 3 days.
21 Very good with make up, but all her guy friends believe she doesn't wear make up.
22 Always tells people that she's shy, geeky or nerdy or dorky, socially incompetent, doesn't know how to talk to people, gets nervous easily.
23 Does weird things when guys are around to get attention but pretty normal when hanging out with girls.
24 Normally has a bunch of "spare tire" guy friends, and they all have very distinctive functions: one will bring her lunch, one will help her with her homework, one will walk her home, one will fix her computer... She makes sure everyone knows she's single, but always has a group of guys follow her around. And everyone believes she's innocent and sweet.
The final coup de grace: will NOT have sex.
One cannot help but notice that there is a major different between Urban Dictionary and the two bloggers who are both Chinese women. And that is, while urban dictionary still connects GTB with sex work, it is not the case for the two other definitions.
REFERENCES
Urban Dictionary: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=green+tea+bitch
Ms. Wang's blog: http://feifeischina.quora.com/What-is-green-tea-bitch-and-how-to-identify-them
MS. Qian's blog: http://sexismiseverywhere.blogspot.com
The first one is from Urban Dictionary:
An internet slang used to describe a young woman that likes
to dress and act in a certain fashion in order to portray herself as pure
and innocent (ie: like green tea). However, in reality she is a
gold-digging slut that won't think twice before she sells her own body
or steps on someone's throat to get to a higher place (aka a bitch).
Another blogger, Ms. Qian, has a slightly different definition for GTB:
It particularly refers to sluts who pretend to be very innocent, with
beautiful long hair and a clean face. It seems as if she is not wearing
any make-up but she secretly does. It appears as if she is harmless and
has been hurt herself, like she has experienced so much pain. Actually
she is a woman who is more ambitious than any other. She pretends to
be a young pretty girl who is interested in art and literature. She often
works as an actress/journalist/hostess/writer, and likes to talk about
literature or politics to win a man's heart. She’ll talk about how much
she's been hurt in the past. She is a successful lady with a chaotic
private life.
A blogger, Ms. Wang, defines it as the follows with a long check-list to identify a GTB:
Green Tea Bitch is a slang in Chinese online community for girls who
pretend to be pure and innocent but in fact are manipulative and
calculating. The reason we call them "green tea" is because green tea
is supposed to be clean, pure, quiet and sophisticated, which is the
surface image this kind of girl wants to present.
How to identify a Green Tea Bitch?
Follow this check list:
1 Green Tea Bitch normally keeps long straight hair with bangs or parted in the center.
2 Skin color tends to be on the paler side. Most of them aren't drop dead gorgeous, but not ugly either.
3 Their favorite expression is to open their eyes wide and look at people (especially men) cluelessly.
4 They like vintage clothing and accessories.
5 Every time she meets you, she speaks in an exaggerated surprised tone: "Ah you lost weight! unlike me... I'm getting fatter every day"...
6 When hanging out with friends, she'll tell your guy friends that you're very popular and a lot of men are interested in you.
7 Green Tea Bitch has a lot of guy friends, they'll change their female friends periodically.
8 If you follow her microblog (Twitter or Weibo), you'll find she's kind of normal during the day time, after midnight, she start to write self-pitying tweets like "I'm such a loser...", "I must've done something wrong to be punished by fate", blah blah blah.
9 If she's hanging out with friends with 2 or more guys, she often stays until the end.
10 You suddenly realize your boyfriend somehow friended her on facebook, they follow each other on twitter, he has her phone number... and they actually have a lot of chats and you have no idea how they even know each other, congratulations, you have a GTB friend.
11 If GTB sees you have an argument with your boyfriend, she'd say: sigh... you know how he is... As if she's the one who knows your boyfriend the best!
12 When eating out, she takes 2 bites and says: "OMG I'm such a pig!"
13 Their favorite lines: "Oh I'm so stupid!", "Oh I'm so clumsy".
14 If you have a female friend, that you're not really that close to, yet every time she sees your boyfriend, she tells him that she's your BFF forever and your boyfriend needs to be good to you or face her fury... Yeah, that's a GTB.
15 "I like this book/movie/music.... too~~~ how did you know?"
16 Always tells people she can't drink, but always drinks "under pressure", and always gets drunk faster than anyone else.
17 They become more active when there's a guy in the party, if it's all girls, they're normally quiet and don't do much.
18 Says the most hurtful things to you then says: "Oh I'm sorry... it just burst out".
19 When at dinner party, always sits next to a male friend, after 3 rounds of wine or beer, always has an arm around her waist, and still has the most innocent look on her face as if she has no idea what happened.
20 Speaks softly and weakly, as if she hasn't eaten for 3 days.
21 Very good with make up, but all her guy friends believe she doesn't wear make up.
22 Always tells people that she's shy, geeky or nerdy or dorky, socially incompetent, doesn't know how to talk to people, gets nervous easily.
23 Does weird things when guys are around to get attention but pretty normal when hanging out with girls.
24 Normally has a bunch of "spare tire" guy friends, and they all have very distinctive functions: one will bring her lunch, one will help her with her homework, one will walk her home, one will fix her computer... She makes sure everyone knows she's single, but always has a group of guys follow her around. And everyone believes she's innocent and sweet.
The final coup de grace: will NOT have sex.
One cannot help but notice that there is a major different between Urban Dictionary and the two bloggers who are both Chinese women. And that is, while urban dictionary still connects GTB with sex work, it is not the case for the two other definitions.
REFERENCES
Urban Dictionary: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=green+tea+bitch
Ms. Wang's blog: http://feifeischina.quora.com/What-is-green-tea-bitch-and-how-to-identify-them
MS. Qian's blog: http://sexismiseverywhere.blogspot.com