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click bait

An online tool used to lure people into clicking on your website. It comes in a couple different forms:

One form of click bait is a thumbnail. Often these types of click bait will feature pictures of hot women or something else that can grab your attention

Another popular form is the caption of a thumbnail. These are used to build suspense and make you want to read the page. Some popular examples are "*politician* does *something newsworthy*", "you won't believe what *celebrity* did", and finally, "amazing trick to *do something hard*"

Click bait was very popular when youtube began, as many aspiring youtubers would utilize click bait to get people to click on their videos.
Guy 1: Look at that link! "Amazing trick to lose 50 pounds!"

Guy 2: It's just click bait
by Spodermen2121 z February 17, 2017
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hater bait

1. A creation such as a song that attempts to insult haters, but is such poor quality that it brings even more hate on itself.

2. A person who behaves in such a way (also known as a hater baiter).

The term sounds a little like "masturbate" which is no coincidence because ego and narcissism are where hater bait comes from.
1. Four minutes telling people they're just jealous, when the beat was crap and she couldn't even sing? That song was hater bait.

2. No, I'll criticize him if I want to. He deserves it: he's hater bait.
by cathexis July 4, 2011
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Spoiler Baiting

When someone says something intriguing about a show/movie/book that makes you want to search it up and spoil it for yourself.
Person 1: “damn I really like this character”
Person 2: “ooo good luck with that, something really wild happens to them in the next season!”
Person 1: *searched it up because person 2 was spoiler baiting them*
by EsorRemmus April 30, 2020
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Click-bait

Click-bait is something that someone uses a thing that usually to get someone attention. After they clicked it's not what they wanted. Common on Youtube and ROBLOX. Click-bait titles most likely have a name like this: ''I ALMOST DIED'' or ''PRANKING IN THE HOOD (GONE WRONG)''. Those are things that never happen in the video. No one almost dies and no one pranks in the hood (usually actors). The other way people click-bait is when something happened in the video they make it look more dramatic on the thumbnail and the title. People also like to add sexual things to the thumbnail or title to grab peoples attention. For example: ''THE MOST HOTTEST GAME EVER'' It turns out to be some first-person shooter game. The other way people click-bait is they say a title but they don't finish it so you can get curious to click on the video. For example: ''WE NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING'' or ''WHO DID THIS TO ME?!''.
Click-bait sucks.
by DoIevencare? November 3, 2017
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bait and ditch

Inviting someone to a party but then not going yourself
Is John coming?

Nah, he invited us but I think he's found a party in SF that's more interesting.
Classic bait and ditch!
by Joesmoe27 February 3, 2019
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Pony bait

A term used for damaged my little ponies that can’t be restored to their original state, be it due to plastic colour fade or any other conditions. These ponies are often used for OOAK (custom) projects and will be sold for this purpose.
I got this toy bundle, it’s full of pony bait
by XxXiXxX October 23, 2019
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Math-bait

When a Maths question tries to trick you/when you think you finished your maths work but there is more to do
*John* Ok let's do this maths question. *sees the question and gets confused* huh whats this ahh its trying to math-bait me.
*Student* Finally I'm done! Miss I'm finished! *Teacher comes and checks his work* sees that he has one left* *Teacher* Actually you have not. *Shows him the extra sheet* *Student screams*
by toomanyragers June 26, 2021
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