clickbait thumbnail

A thumbnail that shows something that doesn't appear in the video. Commonly found in Best Trends and Trend Spot videos.

5 FORTNITE YOUTUBERS WHO CAUGHT GHOSTS ON CAMERAS!!!! (SCARY)

The clickbait thumbnail shows a witch outside Tfue's window and it says Tfue... I found you!

by BigSmoke40 November 24, 2020

Thumbnail Cute

When someone is cute in their profile picture thumbnail, but is butt ugly when you click on it.

You: *Sees a potentially cute girl's thumbnail on Facebook* Ooh! *Click*

- Larger picture reveals that the girl has three tits and a giant zit -

You: Oh god, another Thumbnail Cute girl. *Vomit*

by TCutie August 29, 2010

Thumbnail Swag

When a girl or guy looks really good in their thumbnail picture on facebook, but when you open their page and see the blown up version it is less than satisfactory.

Dustin: Aww man that girl looks hot, check out her page!
(clicks open page)
Dustin: Dang, I thought she looked really good...
Gary: Yeah man, she's got thumbnail swag.

by garysmithandstuff39 August 1, 2011

Thumbnail cute

when a thumbnail pic tricks you into enlarging it and then you say no way. No s/he ain't all that.

Ooh. I thought I was gonna private message a hottie, but then I enlarged his pic and he was just thumbnail cute. Damn, guuuurl.

by bamaSeth August 30, 2015

Thumbnail Shopping

Online shopping with no intention of buying anything. Just admiring the product in the thumbnail, maybe looking at a few color options, and then scrolling by. Often done by college students who can't afford new stuff but can afford to ignore their professor for a little while.

Erin always sits in the back of her lectures so she can go thumbnail shopping when she gets bored with organic chemistry.

by Old Toby November 7, 2021

Thumbnail Hotty

A girl that looks seriously hot in their thumbnail pic on social networking sites facebook and twitter. Click them and the horrible truth is discovered.

She may be a spotty fat bitch but she makes a great thumbnail hotty

by BongoFlex August 26, 2010

Thumbnails Down

When watching porn: the video you clicked on isn't nearly as hot as you thought it would be, based on the thumbnail pictures you saw

This video of 5 army girls is such a thumbnails down, how disappointing.

by Marky E April 26, 2011