chick-baiting

sexist language and behavior intended to upset or offend women.

Charlie's favorite passtime is chick-baiting.

chick-baiting by LaLaLander17 February 14, 2009

Tip baiting 

Promising a big tip, usually with an online order, then changing the tip or eliminating it altogether when the service was great, just to be a cheap asshat.

"I'm risking corona just to deliver these bougie jerks' groceries and half of them are tip baiting me! I have bills, too!"

Tip baiting by Callordin April 18, 2020

status baiting 

When someone creates a status that is very important, but equally vague to force people to generate focus on the status creator.

Status creator: "In the ER!"
Responders: "What's going on?" "Are you ok?" "Call me if you need me!" "Please let us know whats happening?"

Scott like to spend his evening status baiting his friends to add value to his life.

status baiting by Circusbrain July 21, 2014

moriarty baiting 

When you write a show, and you can't excite your audience with nothing but empty promises of a long-dead villain appearing over and over again in every situation you can put him into without saying he's alive or dead. You're trying to keep your audience, but you'll never gonna bring him back, while basically basing your whole show on the fact that he MIGHT be back. It's bad writing and it makes people sad.

"Did you see the new season of Sherlock? Is Jim really alive?"
"Nah, it was a total moriarty baiting the whole time... there's Sherlock's evil sister instead."

"what"

moriarty baiting by TheAlec January 29, 2017

Lesbian Baiting

When a straight girl acts like she’s interested in another girl just so she can come out to her.

Lesbian girl: I came out to Amelia because I thought she was interested in me, then she ditched me
Friend: What gave you the indication that she was a lesbian?
Lesbian girl: She kept flirting with me.
Friend: She was lesbian baiting you

Lesbian Baiting by LesbianBaited August 7, 2018

Alpha Baiting 

Verb. Luring an Alpha dominant personality into their most primal, aggressive state by sly and subtle entrapment.

Bill was alpha baiting Jeff by using his own words against him. The rage boiled over as Jeff’s alpha personality had no other outlook to express himself other than a huff and a puff.

Alpha Baiting by Craig Dearborn November 19, 2019

Tag Baiting

When using a social media platform in which hashtags sort posts, such as Instagram, a person adds hashtags that are unrelated. Often for the sake of reaching a wider audience.
This in consequence renders the hashtag sorting system useless.

“Stop Tag baiting, this post is about how to change a tire, why did I find it in #cooking?”

Tag Baiting by RougeBerry December 12, 2022