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click bait

An eyecatching link on a website which encourages people to read on. It is often paid for by the advertiser ("Paid" click bait) or generates income based on the number of clicks.
This is not news, really. It’s click bait, the stuff pageviews are made of.

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This is the worst article I've ever read, clearly from a massive Microsoft hater or paid by Apple/Google. It's just paid FUD clickbait, wouldn't expect any better of news.com.au. Source: Whirlpool Forum 21 Oct 2012.
by John Prior October 30, 2012
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Reverse psychology to get people under 18 to click on something.
"Do not click this unless you are 18"
...
*Clicks 900 fucking times*
*Porn comes up*
*Clicks 9000 fucking times*
by DaveMachine September 15, 2007
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A technique that tempts you to click it and you get god-knows-what popups after you click it
*A hand with longer black finger nails points at text* Do not Click this Unless you are 18.
by Amos Nusheg October 25, 2007
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click here

Hex ten is correct in stating that it would be better if advertisers said "dont click here" instead of "click here" as it is human nature to find out, "what would happen if I did click here instead?"
I clicked there because it said DONT CLICK HERE and got a level 10 virus.

Darn you Jeff K
by Not Zane September 22, 2004
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click and drag

To fart in one place and then string along a trail of funk into another.
Dude! Next time sling that thing off outside. Don’t click and drag.
by Trav September 27, 2004
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Jimmy Click

The act of rapidly left clicking a desktop icon in the beliefe it will make the program open faster.
Holy Shit! How did you open 34 instances of Internet Explorer at once. You really must have been 'Jimmy Clicking' the shit out of the icon!
by GT56189 March 19, 2012
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My 6-click

A term used to identify your friends that you trust to watch your six. In the military, watching your six means to watch your back. So the people in your 6-click is the select few people that you trust to watch your six.
"I got your six, bro."

"You guys are in my 6-click."
by Juanito The Joker April 4, 2014
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