Hate Bait

purposefully hating on something/someone to generate online advertisement revenue.

Often referencing pop-culture or recent trends/event that will become insignificant in short time.

(1) The video "Dear Fat People" is clearly Hate Bait, as its only purpose it to get attention (views) through the use of hate speech.

(2) Everyone is reacting on TheFineBros for their ReactWorld format. Not because they want to provide a thoughtful discussion on the topic, but because they want to jump on the "hate" bandwagon and get some easy revenue.

Hate Bait by Joji Khan September 19, 2016

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Hate Bait

Saying something around someone who has a hair trigger to purposely get them started. Another word for Trolling.

Wait until you see my facebook status it's totally Hate Bait!
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Hate Bait by Colene A Lacy November 29, 2010

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Hate Bait • hate • Hate Fuck • hate crime • hate boner • hate-on • Hate-keeping • hate edge • Hate-Sex • hate date

hate-bait

When someone posts something online(usually a video or comment), for the sole purpose of getting hate comments/interactions. The same way clickbait is purposely outlandish and misleading so people click on it, hate-bait is usually ridiculous or hateful so people react to it.

Jasper: “Did she really just say that?”
Henry: “Nah, bro that’s just hate-bait, ignore it.”

hate-bait by DeeDeeDuzIt March 6, 2022

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Hate-Bait

Poking fun around someone to get a very hateful and volatile reaction (more annoying than ragebaiting)

Guy one: “Inshallah there will be more transgenders in West Virginia.”

Guy two: “bro that is some elite Hate-Bait.”

Hate-Bait by Yesman2025 July 23, 2025

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Stealthie

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.

FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"

Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016

Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

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Summer Teeth

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.

Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...

Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012

Word of the Day on May 24, 2026

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Grindset

The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.

“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”

Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026

Word of the Day on May 23, 2026

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