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Red-Baiting

A logical fallacy that consists of making an accusation that some person is a communist, often with the aim of discrediting them. It can also be used to discredit an idea. It's most used in politics, often by right wingers when discrediting anything slightly left leaning.
Red-Baiting can be boiled down to: "Anything I don't like is communist!"
by LPBvgc June 20, 2025
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baited breath

Someone who is antagonistic and seeks to disrupt waits with baited breath ready to cast out words that entice a haughty response for the purpose of further feeding more responses into a feeding frenzy of chaotic frustration and angst.
The internet troll waits for you with baited breath.
by HeyRay September 11, 2020
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bait plate

when one tries to attract a mate by posting food pics of dishes they’ve cooked
Tom: yes I’m going out with Susan again
George: where are you taking her?
Tom: this high end joint owned by some famous chef
George: is this the one who keeps fishing for a man posting the bait plate pics on her insta?
Tom: yeah man, I’m gonna treat it right and lock it in, Susan gonna be my wife and feed me like a pig the rest of my life
by All good names are taken August 21, 2025
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covid bait

A person with one or more visible risk factors for severe Covid-19 illness, especially if the factors are within the individual's ability to mitigate.
Jerry's over 300 pounds and I saw him sharing smokes with the other factory workers. That guy is covid bait, it's just a matter of time.
by BettyHumpter September 15, 2021
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Clip-Baiting

a form of troll and ragebait that is mostly targeted towards streamers with a large audiance, that its whole purpose is to generate a viral clip online and make profit out of that clip.

clip-baiting is most of the time intentional and has many forms. it's most known form is the "Text-To-Speech" donation.
George was streaming his main competitive game on an online streaming website and received a donation from one of his viewers "clip-baiting" him to use a certian command for his game that is mostly used for malicious purposes. he refused to do that said command and restricted the person from donating. after the stream, George went to social media posting the a picture of the donation with the caption "this little twat tried to clip-bait me to throw my game. I hope you learned your lesson"
by pentiqu February 6, 2025
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Bait and Switch

A form of humor where the audience expects something obvious to happen, but then something else happens/appears out of nowhere.
Bait and Switch Example:

(ASDF)

Bully: "Hey, you four-eyed freak!"

Guy with glasses: "Ah..."

(The screen zooms out, revealing a third person; a midget who LITERALLY has four eyes)

"...Don't listen to him!"

(The guy with four eyes screeches at him)
by Ubeenbamboozledson March 8, 2022
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rage bait

someone who is purposefully annoying you to see your reaction
example of rage bait
emma: stop poking me with your finger!
angela: no, i like seeing you mad.
emma: ugh, stop rage bating me for once.
by urfavbedrotter August 3, 2025
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