A phrase or verbal cue intended to solicit attention or further inquiry from an uninvolved third party.
James looked down at his phone and said "wow, that's so cool", hoping that others around him would rush to his side begging for details.
He always uses verbal clickbait to try to start conversations.
He always uses verbal clickbait to try to start conversations.
by Brian SJ September 4, 2016
Get the Verbal Clickbaitmug. Teasing people in group chats who never respond with something irrestible, than pulling a bait & switch.
“Why did Hill cross the road?”
“1”
“None of my business. Hills a grown ass woman and I don’t need to know all the details of her life. Furthermore, I trust her judgement. She could have been buying groceries for all I care. Or better yet perhaps it’s a Norwegian tradition. But at the end of the day, I think we should ALL respect each others privacy!!”
“Love it! Def not Clickbait-Bob”
“Actually, that was textbook Clickbait-Bob!”
“1”
“None of my business. Hills a grown ass woman and I don’t need to know all the details of her life. Furthermore, I trust her judgement. She could have been buying groceries for all I care. Or better yet perhaps it’s a Norwegian tradition. But at the end of the day, I think we should ALL respect each others privacy!!”
“Love it! Def not Clickbait-Bob”
“Actually, that was textbook Clickbait-Bob!”
by Clickbait-Bob January 28, 2019
Get the Clickbait-Bobmug. by Thicc_Pyrocynical_Thicc May 6, 2018
Get the Clickbaitmug. When a C.Ai bot has a lengthy, descriptive greeting but the messages sent after are short, bland 1-3 sentence messages.
Dude 1: “Did you use bot on Character AI? It’s such a clickbait bot.”
Dude 2: “Yeah, the greeting was a whole novel but then it said forgetful short messages. Never using that bot again.”
Dude 2: “Yeah, the greeting was a whole novel but then it said forgetful short messages. Never using that bot again.”
by manaphy_games July 22, 2024
Get the Clickbait Botmug. Clickbait is a term for videos, pictures, or more that are made to get the most views or clicks on it to get the most clout.
Oftentimes Clickbait on videos will have red arrows, red circles, and absurd things appended to the end of the title, like
*ALMOST DIED* *GONE SEXUAL* *GONE HORRIBLE* *WATCH TO THE END* or multiple at the same time.
Oftentimes Clickbait on videos will have red arrows, red circles, and absurd things appended to the end of the title, like
*ALMOST DIED* *GONE SEXUAL* *GONE HORRIBLE* *WATCH TO THE END* or multiple at the same time.
by totalbastard May 12, 2020
Get the Clickbaitmug. by TheEndDragon February 15, 2022
Get the Clickbait Kylemug. A form of lying to people on the Internet in order to get people to click on their videos. The lying informs that something has been done on the video, but that "something" is not even there. This is often used on YouTube and other social media. The word's name explains the whole definition.
by dswqsa895 January 21, 2024
Get the Clickbaitmug.