Queerbaiting 

Not dream and george.

George and dream are not queerbaiting

Queerbaiting by N3lly5647 March 24, 2021

Queerbating 

Shameless on showtimes main source of income

« Omg did you hear that all the gallavich scenes got cut? »

« Yeah it was the queerbating »

Queerbating by crwwwwwwwwwwwwwwz January 10, 2021

Queerbaiting 

When non-queer person/people use queer-coding/queer asthetic/rumors-about-them-being-queer to relate to and profit off of queer community is known as queerbaiting.
queer=queer community; -baiting=making profit off of it.

1There are non-queer people in hollywood who are queerbaiting.

Queerbaiting by calledasrih September 7, 2022

queerbaiting 

When straight men or women pretend to be gay and flirt with people of the same sex as a joke

Daniel Gamit queerbaiting men for the fun of it

queerbaiting by danny daddy gumdrop January 17, 2025

Queerbaiting

Making two characters act gay for each other for 5 seasons then not let them get together. Suspected to be the Duffer Brothers' favourite pastime. E.g. BYLER

"HOW DID BYLER NOT HAPPEN??? THIS IS QUEERBAITING!"

Queerbaiting by Harvington2025 March 9, 2026

Consensual Queerbaiting 

When you're watching a show that only has cishet couples, but you ship the gay couples that you see, even though you know they will 100% not become canon.

Man, this show is so straight but the chemistry between the girls is amazing!
It's consensual queerbaiting, consent is what matters

Consensual Queerbaiting by stickersonalaptop September 29, 2020