Spot baiting is the act of putting someone in the spotlight to see who will accuse or attack them when they are in a position of power. Will also highlight those who will be supportive.
“Man, that guy was a victim of spot baiting when his friend got nominated. He come from nowhere with accusations.”
by Horsepower27 November 23, 2024
Get the spot baitingmug. Used by trolls on the internet who purposely post controversial and/or ridiculous opinions in order to incite a reaction from other users.
Gregor: Yeah I believe all protestants would be spontaneously launched into lower earth orbit
Edmond: Dude what the fuck is wrong with you?
Gregor: Bro dude it's just bait lol
Edmond: Dude what the fuck is wrong with you?
Gregor: Bro dude it's just bait lol
by DJsaladman May 8, 2022
Get the Baitmug. to post an ambiguous status update as a lure for friends to express interest, i.e. comments and likes
T: Did you see Anna's status update, "I'm in a terrible mood so keep a safe distance." What's that all about?
V: Please tell me you didn't fall for that Facebook Bait..
V: Please tell me you didn't fall for that Facebook Bait..
by Francis Bird February 22, 2015
Get the Facebook Baitmug. Person 1: "Did you eat the rest of the spaghetti?"
Person 2: "Yep. Classic food bait. Now you have to cook something and I get a fresh meal."
Person 2: "Yep. Classic food bait. Now you have to cook something and I get a fresh meal."
by honestly23 May 14, 2025
Get the food baitmug. The efforts of politicians, and the media to generate support of the masses by stating that their right to speak, act, and think as they wish is somehow threatened by a certain person, group, or nation.
The war hawks and the elite-owned media will soon begin their freedom-baiting to drum up the support of the easily duped masses.
by Victor Cobblepot February 5, 2022
Get the freedom-baitingmug. Zombie bait is a term for those in zombie shows, video games, movies etc. who are unlikely to survive due to one limiting characteristic or another that makes their chances of survival slim. Usually they're the ones who end up dying pretty early on in the storyline, leaving others who are more suited to survive. Seeing as how they aren't particularly useful to a survivor party, they are called bait because their lack of usefulness is their greatest strength: when they end up getting devoured by zombies their screams end up attracting zombies to the feast allowing other survivors to escape or flank the zombies in order to grab supplies.
Example 1: the fat guy who dies at the beginning of zombieland
Example 2: someone who has no survival or combat skills whatsoever and is unable to adapt, having only survived this long because they've surrounded themselves with others who do
Example 3: Shane used Otis as zombie bait, shooting him in the leg and stealing his supplies, making his escape while the zombies focused all their attention on eating Otis
Example 2: someone who has no survival or combat skills whatsoever and is unable to adapt, having only survived this long because they've surrounded themselves with others who do
Example 3: Shane used Otis as zombie bait, shooting him in the leg and stealing his supplies, making his escape while the zombies focused all their attention on eating Otis
by Suckmytoes_77 August 8, 2024
Get the Zombie baitmug. When companies use (primarily tech) buzzwords and trends to get investors to throw money at them.
Some startups/ companies may even base their entire branding off investor bait (such as meta).
Some startups/ companies may even base their entire branding off investor bait (such as meta).
“Did you hear about the new AI feature coming to the IPhone?”
“Yea, pretty sure thats investor bait though”
“Yea, pretty sure thats investor bait though”
by SocratesFartMuncher July 17, 2024
Get the Investor Baitmug.