thumbnail cheat

n- a famous trick used on video sharing sites such as You tube, where users stick a random softcore porn picture (i.e. female assets and chicks seemingly engaged in sensual acts) in the middle of their videos so as to make that the default icon of the video, thus gaining views from easily excitable male users.

Such testosterone-pumped viewers click on the thumbnails, only to be disappointed by a completely random (and often ad-infested) video.

Not surprisingly, such videos often make it to the "Tio Viewed" list, thus exponentially increasing its number of victims.

To the horror of many, this can also be combined with being rick rolled.

Of course, females can be the victims of the thumbnail cheat as well (although more often out of curiosity than horniness.)

Note: I'm not trying to be sexist about guys in general. Still, how do you account for those millions of views on such videos or the pissed off comments left by male users? ;o

Male User: HELL YEA! Look at 'em jugs *clicks*

*Rick Astley's funkalicious "Never Gonna Give You Up" comes onto the screen*

Male User: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
not this ginger again/ the thumbnail cheat!! *bangs head on desk*

by your average youtube user August 3, 2008

Thumbnail bitch

When your "Lurking" on facebook and you believe to have spotted an attractive female through a thumbnail picture, so you decide to click on the thumbnail only to find out its a nappy hoe that resembles one of the Hanson brothers.

Jake: "WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH, is that bitch sexy??"

*click*

Jake: "Eww.. WTF.. is Hanson in town...what a Thumbnail bitch? "

by bigdaddymitch0745 November 18, 2009

Thumbnail Hottie

When browsing friends networks ( like Hi5 or Facebox) and you see a Hot ( Mae or female) and you get hyped because they look hot, then you click on the picture and realize that they aren`t hot at all

I was browsing Hi5 and saw a smoking hot chick, i watched her pictures and realized that she was only a thumbnail hottie

by Froosh January 31, 2007

Thumbnail Beauty

A person, usually female, that is only attractive in a thumbnail image. This is similar to HFFA.

Josh is browsing on the Internet when he sees a thumbnail of a girl.
Josh: Oh, she's hot!
Josh clicks on the image
Josh: Shit, she's a thumbnail beauty!
Josh then proceeds to vomit all over the screen, probably in an attempt to shield his eyes from the girl's ugliness.

by Christopher Eccleston June 6, 2013

thumbnail hole

A word used when there is a hole in a wall, usually in a video game, where the character/person must make it through a small hole that may seem rather hard to fit in. The image is then saved and uses as a thumbnail on YouTube videos.

YouTuber: That would make a great thumbnail hole!

by Kummalii October 11, 2021

Thumbnail Betrayal

A thumbnail betrayal occurs on social networking sites such as facebook (the application 'are you interested' for example) when a male or female look really hot in their display picture, so u click thinking 'hell yea this is sweet' only to find out that they must have used some sort of magic 'grotesque removing' camera to take that picture with because they are, in fact, like a pile of shit which has been puked on. . attached to a bean bag chair. . with hair. .

dude: sweet this girl is hot *clicks*
dude 2: yea she looks sweet, look at her other photos
dude: omg ewwwww that was a pure thumbnail betrayal!! *gips*

by muse rock October 6, 2008

thumbnail pretty

When someone on an online dating site looks attractive in the list, but when you click to view their profile and see a larger image, you realize they're actually not attractive at all.

I thought he was hot, but then I zoomed in and realized he was only thumbnail pretty.

by Claire McNight February 21, 2010