Tu connais les bails

It’s something racailles say in the greater area of Montreal, Quebec. It generally means you know what’s going on.

Regina:”is anyone here selling drugs”
Martin”yes tu connais les bails”

by Di_ck September 21, 2022

The master of bait

Professional fisherman

The master of bait is a professional fisherman

by The master (of bait) August 23, 2024

waiting with baited breath

What a cat does by eating cheese and then hiding silently near a mouse-hole for a furry varmint to come out looking for da source of da delicious aroma.

Garfield is shown to easily catch multiple mice --- i.e., one underneath each foot --- without even trying very hard, and so it's possible dat he was "waiting with baited breath", and so da mice just flocked to him. Or of course, it could also merely be dat said speedy specimens of omnivorous opportunity have learned by now dat said tubby tabby never actually eats da mice he catches or otherwise harms them in any way, and so they are less watchful 'n' wary around Jon's house than they might be in other people's domiciles where da resident felines actually may hunt said rodents for real.

by QuacksO February 26, 2024

don't make it bait

Another way of saying "don't be obvious" when you're doing something that you don't want someone to know about.

*Friend 1 leaves his cookies lying around*
Friend 2 to Friend 3: Imma steal some
*Leaves pack in a different position*
Friend 3: Bro don't make it bait

Friend 2: My bad
*Moves it back to make it not bait*

by fakesmall April 27, 2024

Abraj al-bait Mecca Royal Clock Towers Apartment Complex

why the hell would you search this name up???

anyways its a 601 meter tall clock with its actual clock part the size of big ben

why do we even need to have a clock this tall

guy 1: big ben is the worlds largest clock
guy 2: blud you stupid!!! its yo mama’s watch
guy 3: Abraj al-bait Mecca Royal Clock Towers Apartment Complex
guy 2: what the sigma

by jsavy June 29, 2024

Take the Bait

To respond to a provocation designed to elicit an emotional or defensive reaction—especially in online discourse. "Taking the bait" means falling for a trap: someone posts something inflammatory, and you respond, giving them exactly what they wanted—engagement, attention, reaction. The bait can be an insult, a loaded question, a false claim, or any post designed to trigger. Taking the bait means you've been hooked; the baiter controls the interaction from that point.

Take the Bait "He posted something obviously false and inflammatory. She couldn't resist correcting him. He smiled: she'd taken the bait. Now he had her engaged, and the argument was on his terms. Take the Bait: the moment you respond to provocation, you've lost—because the provocation was the point."

by Dumu The Void March 4, 2026

Took the Bait

Past tense of taking the bait—acknowledging that one fell for a provocation designed to elicit reaction. "Took the bait" is often said with regret, recognition, or by observers noting the trap. It marks the moment when engagement became manipulation, when response became capture. The phrase carries the weight of hindsight: you see now that you were played.

Took the Bait "He looked at his angry reply and sighed. 'I took the bait.' The post was designed to make him angry, and he'd obliged. Now the baiter had exactly what they wanted: his attention, his emotion, his time. Took the bait means you played their game—and they wrote the rules."

by Dumu The Void March 4, 2026