A crappy indie horror game (or any other type of game) who's selling point is the "lore" just so MatPat (Game Theory) can analyze the lore, giving undeserved publicity to said game.
Examples of MatPat Bait:
Poppy Playtime
Merge Mansion
Andy's Apple Farm
Garten of BanBan
Hello Neighbor
Poppy Playtime
Merge Mansion
Andy's Apple Farm
Garten of BanBan
Hello Neighbor
by SireSatire May 27, 2023
Get the MatPat Baitmug. by titsmcgee9999 September 24, 2011
Get the Crab Baitmug. The team mate who's lack of experience is seen as a dinner bell. An otherwise unvalued team member that attracts unwanted attention of enemies or other players.
by RJRJRJRJRJ June 1, 2022
Get the Trash Baitmug. The act of when a roblox transit group tricks their audience into believing that their game(s) is/are high quality, but in reality they are not.
A few examples of this are the roblox transit groups MTA x Roblox and MTAoR, MTA x Roblox being a kenzie slop and MTAoR claiming to be "the best high quality trained drive on roblox", while their games look like they were made in 2015.
A few examples of this are the roblox transit groups MTA x Roblox and MTAoR, MTA x Roblox being a kenzie slop and MTAoR claiming to be "the best high quality trained drive on roblox", while their games look like they were made in 2015.
by AverageMTAFan July 31, 2025
Get the Quality baitmug. “In a chess tournament, Jimmy Johnson utilised a variety of delirious insults and slander such as calling his opponent a “Good Boy” in order to oil-bait him, distracting him from imminent check-mate on the board.”
“Jimmy Johnson utilised his gift of being a superb Oil-Baiter and his natural ability to seamlessly Oilfield-Bait his friend by calling him a “six-seven skibidiums”.”
“Jimmy Johnson utilised his gift of being a superb Oil-Baiter and his natural ability to seamlessly Oilfield-Bait his friend by calling him a “six-seven skibidiums”.”
by Neckhurts67 September 17, 2025
Get the Oil-Baitmug. Cooker bait is when a mainstream media outlet intentionally adds antivaxer buzzwords into headlines to generate clicks. For example, "died suddenly" or "mystery illness" this often sends Cookers into a frenzy in comment sections of mainstream media outlets. Cooker bait can be anything from plane crashes to young people passing away, any situation where someone has died unexpectedly is perfect for cooker bait.
by Shitphototaker69 February 2, 2024
Get the Cooker baitmug. Term taken from "Swamp People" but used in a different context... means that your private parts are not very clean and probably quite stinky and just plain nasty
by 4roggychef March 11, 2011
Get the Hangin' Baitmug.