algo baiting

The act of falling for algorithmic bait and spiraling into unplanned doomscrolling, pointless replies, or emotional engagement you swore you’d avoid. You came for one thing—now it’s three hours later and you’re arguing with a stranger about toaster settings.

I wasted my whole afternoon on X, algo baiting over some dumb hot take.

by maddb3457 July 7, 2025

trigger bait

Something that is said for the sole purpose of setting someone off. The person then deflates and de-escalates the situation by that what was said was trigger bait.

Person 1: Whiplash is such a mid movie.
Person 2: Okay well that's clearly trigger bait.

by prssd January 22, 2024

Pug bait

Unhealthy hunting snacks, such as honey buns and twinkies

Hey before we go out of town and go fishing do you want to go get some pug bait from the store.

by Ulose34 January 7, 2024

run bait

when you try to chase an enemy in a video game and you can't catch them so you run away or let them hit you a little bit first then run away and hide really close, then they think they got a free kill, they follow and you ambush them and kill them

lmao i run baited that ranged noob, kid thought he had a free kill

by Popsthepops November 16, 2020

Cougar Bait

1: A young individual, typically male, considered in his prime, whom will intentionally seek out locations highly frequently by older women, in hope to get swiped up by a carnivorous cougar, with a craving for fresh meat.

Tldr: Milf hunters. Boy Bimbos, Himbos in fact.
(See Milf, or Himbo...)

At a work holiday party:
Person one: "ANON is totally Cougar Bait. Just look at him over there!"
Person two: "I know, no shame at all!"
Anon who is currently having the time of his life: "Oh damn Sharlene, that must be so hard having to be a housewife, and taking care of 4 teenagers while your husband is out drinking with his friends, you should totally get a divorce-"

by KandovanyKocicka December 5, 2023

Vampire Baiting

You're done playing a great story-driven game, such as Outer Wilds, Subnautica or Omori and you want more... but the game has zero replay value. You already played it twice and know the story by heart. You get withdrawal. You're on Youtube looking at let's-plays to try to fill a hole like you're some kind of vampire feeding on other people's first experience with the game. You eventually run out of playthrough videos, so now you have to bait everyone you know into playing the game to feed your addiction.

My brother has been vampire baiting me to play Ultrakill for more than a year now

by Apelsinsaft June 24, 2023

Bait

Slang term for a drug that keeps you awake for long periods of time.

That dude is on some serious bait dude.

by Big Loui April 30, 2021