gaze-bait

An online video (esp. a repeating "short") that features an admonition to "watch to the end!" or "wait for it!" and then there's nothing to see. A form of clickbait.

The "Shorts" section on Facebook is getting clogged by anticlimactic gaze-bait.

by anonymous July 22, 2024

Sorrow Bait

When you bait someone into feeling sad for you.

Sorrow Baiting: When you bait someone into feeling sad for you.

Alex: Im moving…
Wesley: Hahaha
Alex: Is this a joke to you guys?
Wesley: No Eli made a face
Alex: Whatever.

by wedleycool August 1, 2025

freedom-baiting

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

food bait

Eating leftovers so you force someone living with you to make food

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."

by honestly23 May 14, 2025

Facebook Bait

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..

by Francis Bird February 22, 2015

booty baiting

When ladies bait boys with their booty on the dance floor

D: yo Connie wherecha goin?
C: imma go booty baiting.... brb

by notvictor July 12, 2014

ground-bait

When an individual (quite often a man's significant other) asks for something, but when ridiculed about the preposterous nature of the request, they begin to claim they were joking about it. Whereas if you had said you were willing to fulfil the request, they would have happily one through with it.

"Jamie can I have that £3000 ring from that jewellery shop?"
"Sophie are you out of your mind? No I can't afford it!"
"I was only joking!"
"No you were ground-baiting."

by UrbanVocabLad May 4, 2016