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Clickbait

Roses are red violets are blue durv does clickbait alot of it too
Oh durv calls boss baby dats clickbait at its finest
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Clickbait

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.
The video title said "My taco was extremely spicy!", but there was no taco! What a clickbait video!
by dswqsa895 January 21, 2024
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Clickbait Kyle

An online influencer who only makes clickbait videos.
This dude is such a Clickbait Kyle, he’s never made a normal video!”
by TheEndDragon February 15, 2022
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Clickbait

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.
jim: i keep getting Clickbait in my suggestions
tom: lol get rekt
by totalbastard May 12, 2020
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Clickbait

Internet content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page. Ad blockers and a general fall in advertising clicks also affected the clickbait model, as websites moved towards sponsored advertising and native advertising where the content of the article was more important than the click-rate from users of the website. Chum boxes/chumbuckets are usually associated with clickbait, which they do, to some extent. "One weird trick" is a form of clickbait advertising that has been common on the internet since around the late 2000s. The formula used in the advertisements was first applied to weight loss products but has since been extended to cures for problems including hair loss and diabetes. Yellow journalism and the yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. Sensationalism is what clickbait is.
"THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR EYE COLOR..." is a title that is misleading clickbait. "Top 10 <whatevers> that exist in real life!' is clickbait that may include Pokemon as a object. Pokemon are not real, hence the title is misleading.
by Qorptocx December 20, 2018
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Clickbait

A device used by Yes Cymru to foment anger amongst its members.
Yes Cymru used clickbait to get its members angry about a fifty pence piece.
by Y Gwir April 21, 2023
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Clickbaiting

The act of obsessively following links in your feeds in hopes of finding something stimulating.
Grant was on the couch in the living room clickbaiting through UBIs about his dream car, the Ford Focus, instead of attending to his woman's needs in the bedroom.
by NavyRhino May 29, 2023
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