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Cringe-Baiting

The act of intentionally doing something awkward, embarrassing, or shameful in order to provoke a reaction of 'cringe' from onlookers.
"Haha, I'm only wearing this Fortnite T-Shirt to cringe-bait these normies"

"Look at that guy Naruto running through the store. He is probably cringe-baiting us"
by epic_style November 18, 2020
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clam baiting

When a woman stands in a provocative way. With one knee bent higher than the other on a taller platform. Its the womans version of peacocking.
D: “hey I think that girl is clam baiting me.”
C: “oh thats just Itzel.”
by D&Citzel March 28, 2021
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Whiteboard Baiting

When a teacher or adult unintentionally says innuendo to the class whilst giving a lesson, just waiting for a student to yell out "that's what she said" or fall into tears laughing.
Did you have Mr. Harris for physical science this morning?
Yeah. He was whiteboard baiting us for the whole class on friction!

He kept telling us "When you grab something and rub it, you create friction, which radiates heat from the object."
We were trying so hard not to laugh
by Hosea Mattews January 19, 2023
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Nerd baiting

To deliberately say or post inaccurate information about a pop-culture topic in order to elicit a passionate response or correction. (esp. on an online platform.)
"You like Star Trek too? I love Yoda!"

"Yoda is from Star Wars, not Star Trek!"

"I know, I was nerd baiting you."
by BrotherhoodOfTheBat April 5, 2023
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Morbius Baiting

When a movie hints at Morbius being in it, but he never appears.
Man 1(leaning over to friend while watching a move): Holy shit, I think thats Morbius
Man 2: That's not actually Morbius, the movie is just Morbius Baiting
by ACTUALLYANNA+66 June 10, 2023
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Religion Baiting

a post that is about religion in facebook or other social media that says like "Good afternoon plss use 1minute to thank god🙏🙏", only god's children's will type amen and more. and it exploit people's empathy and religiousity by these author's post to gain likes and reaction and tons of comment section there. and sometimes they uses fear-mongering like "ignore with bad luck" and more. It is common in Africa which is religious and most religious areas. but rarely in secular developing areas
A girl from Philippines is Religion Baiting in Facebook to gain likes and reaction
A man from Nairobi becomes popular and had many likes in his Facebook page because of his religion baiting
by yourcoolboui November 5, 2023
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Scam Baiting

Scam Baiting (SKAM bay.ting) pp. Harassing an email scammer, particularly one running a 419 advance fee fraud scheme, by feigning interest in the scam and then tricking the scammer into performing costly, silly or time-wasting tasks.
Synonyms: scam-baiting, scambaiting, b8ing, baiting.
- scam baiter n.
I've been scam baiting the same Nigerian scammer for over a year and he STILL thinks I'm a 104-year-old WWII vet who is willing to send him money! LOL!
by Suncrafter November 19, 2011
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