race clickbaiting

Media-hyping of racially charged content in order to increase ad revenue.

The Huffington Post is using the Ferguson protests for race clickbaiting.

by dustsceawung August 23, 2014

Clickbaiting wanker

A wanker that clickbaits people like Jake Paul, KSI and JMS.

JMS: TODAY I WILL BE DOING AN *INSANE* CHALLENGE AND I WILL EAT SHIT
ME: Ahhh shit.. the clickbaiting wanker clickbaited me again.

by JMS IS FAGGOT April 2, 2020

academic clickbait

When dumb scientists use their "smart papers" (ie: physicists with PhDs vs real engineers who actually develop progress) and use clickbait techniques in skewing searches with academic archives with intent of creating artificial interests for monetary/career/contrarian reasons.

Did u see the 1st picture of a black hole?
Yeah, too bad it's just academic clickbait as u cant take a picture of a black hole except for the gravitational effects surrounding the accretion disk... what suckers

by M.K.Ultra April 10, 2019

Clickbait (person)

When a girl/boy flirts with you big time but then they say you're just a friend to them.

Guy 1: "This girl totally clickbaited me man!"
Guy 2: "What happened?"
Guy 1: "She kissed me, but when I asked if we can be together she told me we're too good of friends."
Guy 2: "She's Clickbait (person) man."

by DominosPizza March 11, 2017

Clickbait Cancer

A youtube video with tits or sexy girls in the thumbnail used to attract views.

Bob: 'Did you like my video?'
Tim: 'No its full of clickbait cancer!'

by UnknownAddict June 9, 2016

ClickBait Fetish

A ClickBait Fetish is a fetish commonly found in journalists where one must always make clickBaity Article to get views

Oh man, TheRichest has a Severe ClickBait Fetish

by Sam Squids March 9, 2017

Elitist clickbait

The phrase used by the New And Improved Environmental Protection Agency when referring to articles about demonstrable facts in science.

That article about anomalous warming and human-caused climate change is just elitist clickbait.

by Desertphile October 26, 2017