Trigger-baiting is the act of deliberately creating content designed to provoke a strong emotional response, typically anger or outrage, in order to boost engagement or farm for views through algorithm-driven exposure.
Trigger-baiting people can be harmful, especially when it leads to online bullying and harassment.
This video was clearly made to trigger-bait people and boost the creator’s views and engagement stats.
This video was clearly made to trigger-bait people and boost the creator’s views and engagement stats.
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Get the Trigger-baiting mug.A satirical term for people who are frequently or easily offended, especially over political or cultural topics. Derived from “triggered” and “-ati” (as in literati, cognoscenti, or Illuminati), suggesting a self-important group devoted to outrage.
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Typically Italian.
A group a people who should neither be near children nor have children yet somehow manage to do both.
A group a people who should neither be near children nor have children yet somehow manage to do both.
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Get the thingerrangs mug.(Noun) A person who has not yet physically transitioned into a male from a female or from a female to a male.
Also used in context for any transgender person contemplating de-transition.
Also used in context for any transgender person contemplating de-transition.
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When someone freaks out or panics because they can’t reach the person they need to talk to—usually during a stressful or urgent situation. Comes from the “504 Gateway Timeout” error online, meaning the “gateway” (the person you're trying to contact) isn’t responding. Basically: emotional timeout = meltdown mode.
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When someone freaks out or panics because they can’t reach the person they need to talk to—usually during a stressful or urgent situation. Comes from the “504 Gateway Timeout” error online, meaning the “gateway” (the person you're trying to contact) isn’t responding. Basically: emotional timeout = meltdown mode.
Example:
“Bro, I texted Maya five times about the fight I had with my boss and she didn’t answer. I was triggering a 504 alarm thinking she ghosted me in my moment of crisis.”
“Bro, I texted Maya five times about the fight I had with my boss and she didn’t answer. I was triggering a 504 alarm thinking she ghosted me in my moment of crisis.”
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