press bait

The act of creating headline worthy news to cover up scummy behavior.

Person 1: This program I use just removed a popular feature... I can't believe it!
Person 2: Ah, but that was a press bait; they recently changed their terms of service to take custody of your baby.

by everythingsTakenAAAAA May 27, 2025

Sticky Bait

Posts that are "stickied" at the top of a forum for the purpose of discrediting the community. Often attempted by disgruntled moderators, corrupt law enforcement, or government bad actors to fabricate negative reactions from a community for the purpose of shaming, silencing, cancelling, or censoring.

What's with the sticky bait at the top of our subreddit? Are the mods compromised again?

by BasedFifty May 13, 2022

Queen baiting

When you think it’s under pressure but it’s actually ice ice baby

The radio: do do do do do do dooo
Elizasmith: UNDER PRESSURE-
Radio: ice ice baby
Elizasmith: darn it, it was Queen baiting

by Skystep July 14, 2023

Bait

Alex Patrusky

Bait=alexPatrusky

by Alex Patrusky June 13, 2025

Goon baiting

The act of baiting people into gooning

she was goon baiting me by showing me her boobs

by absolute d1 gooner hengooner August 30, 2025

fishing without bait

A trifling women who brings nothing to the table that is looking for a man to provide and enable all her bratty habbits, in a relationship or marriage that will inevitably fail

Dennis- "Yo bruh I that b*tch hasn't ever been in a relationship longer then 2 months, she really thinks some man is just gonna love and spoil her when all she do is cuss, cheat and ask for money"
-Rufus "Ain't no man fallin for dat bullshit," "She fishing without bait"
"That b*tch brings absolutely nothing to the table bruh c'mon nahh"

by Charger392keepslidin June 3, 2025

Mental Bait

Mental baiting is a different kind of baiting (such as rage bait), when you use mental baiting it is to make someone else think that you yourself is an idiot or just dumb generally.

Example: saying ”Yung Lean is bad, has no fantasy and does the same shit all the time” is mental bait

by TheRealLexV July 2, 2025