When you are surfing the web and you keep clicking on links bouncing from page to page to page or using a search engine to find something else you stumbled upon. You eventually wind up far from where you started.
I was reading a story about Obama and somehow ended up on a page about circus clowns because I was link happy.
by crys41 March 11, 2008

you are telling me to get tuition. why don’t you get a… why don’t you get a tuition then?
because, sticky link is just to ask people to hook up with someone that you like!
because, sticky link is just to ask people to hook up with someone that you like!
by billee eyelash December 9, 2021

When you follow one url to another and another until you no longer remember what you were first searching for.
Commonly done when browsing Wikipedia for extended periods of time.
Commonly done when browsing Wikipedia for extended periods of time.
Why am I suddenly reading about Romanian heavy metal bands when i should be doing my history essay? Must have been link jumping again
by SalemGrey November 15, 2014

one who sends morose or depressive web links either by email, instant chat messages or cell phone texts.
Michael Weinreich is a such a link downer; he's always sending me gchat web links to some suicide or government conspiracy cover-up. Loser!
by Rudetoodo January 29, 2009

A person that sends an excessive daily amount of hyperlinks to his buddies via instant message and/or email. Most link abusers don't have the best sense of humor and send you mindless, time-wasting crap.
Duder 1: "OMG! You have to check this out dude! So funny!"
Duder 2: "Dude fuck your links! If this is another Lolcat I'm gonna be pissed.......damn you! You're such a link abuser. You're cut off from sending me links son!"
Duder 1: "Don't lie. You love my links."
Duder 2: "Dude fuck your links! If this is another Lolcat I'm gonna be pissed.......damn you! You're such a link abuser. You're cut off from sending me links son!"
Duder 1: "Don't lie. You love my links."
by westfalia January 13, 2010

The web publishing practice, usually on news or blogging sites, where something controversial is written (or a controversial headling is written) that the publisher knows will get a lot of interest from site visitors.
The ultimate goal is that the link will then appear on link aggregating sites (Digg, Fark, StumbleUpon, College Humor, Drudge, etc.), which will bring even more traffic to the site.
The ultimate goal is that the link will then appear on link aggregating sites (Digg, Fark, StumbleUpon, College Humor, Drudge, etc.), which will bring even more traffic to the site.
"Hey, look at this! 'Gay Preacher Caught Having Sex With Porpoise!'"
"Hah, looks like link baiting to me."
"Hah, looks like link baiting to me."
by Felio July 27, 2009
