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Definitions by Stavros Americanos

Righteous Bait

A post or news report, often online, whose intent is to make the viewer feel righteous and vindicated. These often appear on youtube shorts and/or as AI slop.

Similar in concept to rage bait.
A fake youtube short is posted where the simple person is proven correct against an adversary.

"This is just a fake Righteous Bait story for clicks. None of this is real."

Loquation marks 

Loquation marks are used for a word or phrase that has been translated from another language. This clarifies to the reader that the text is not a direct translation. The symbol the Loquation marks is ^.
After Bob was married for 20 years, he told the old Chinese proverb ^As distance tests a horse's strength, time reveals a person's character.^ He used Loquation Marks to clarify that this was translated from another language.