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

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.
by BasedFifty May 13, 2022

When you flash into the enemy and start recalling they jump on u thinking ure inting and then ur jungler jumps in for a free kill ezClap
by pewdiepie1337 March 19, 2020

by Meimouth March 28, 2019

A post that is only meant to illicit a negative response aka trigger someone. Often by being overtly false, have obvious logical flaws or by having a dishonest opinion.
Person 1: When I saw that wench I immediately turned 360 degrees and walked away.
Person 2: OMG what an idiot! If you turn 360 degrees you look in the same direction again. Did you go to school?!
Person 3: What a newfag, I can't believe he fell for that ancient bait.
Person 2: OMG what an idiot! If you turn 360 degrees you look in the same direction again. Did you go to school?!
Person 3: What a newfag, I can't believe he fell for that ancient bait.
by Aufbakanleitung January 12, 2022

A form of baiting viewers to watch till the end, as the title and thumbnail happens near the end of the video, often used as a kind of "clickbait".
by dswqsa895 January 27, 2024
