Shortbait

A form of baiting where complex, nuanced, well-argued positions are met with the shortest possible responses, often combined with gaslighting or patholighting. Hours of writing, careful reasoning, cited sources—met with "lol no," "touch grass," "seek help," or "too long didn't read." The goal is to refuse engagement entirely while implying that the very act of making a complex argument is pathological. Shortbait communicates: your effort is ridiculous, your thinking is broken, you care too much. It's a power move that positions the baiter as above it all, too cool for thought, too sane for caring. The length of the response inversely correlates with its dismissiveness.

"I spent three hours crafting a well-researched post about economic policy. Shortbait response: 'touch grass.' That's it. They're not engaging—they're performing disengagement as superiority. My effort becomes evidence of my pathology. That's the whole game."

by Abzugal February 24, 2026

sharebait

Any post on a social networking site (typically a puzzle, optical illusion, political question, inspirational story, etc.), that asks for the user to share it with friends on the site, with the supposed objective of getting as much exposure or attention as possible. Similar to the "you will die if you do not repost this comment x number of times" posts also seen frequently on social networks.

"Peggy, stop sharing every piece of sob-story sharebait you see on Facebook. It's fake and it's been circulating for years."

by Malithrax August 27, 2012

shortball

This phrase comes from cricket terminology. In cricket, a shortball is a fast, rising delivery that causes discomfort to the batsman, and can sometimes result in an injury from being struck by the ball.

In social situations, a short ball can be most loosely defined as anything that causes annoyance, discomfort, or rejection.

Sometimes, when saying "Shortball!', people use an accompanying hand action as if to fend the ball away from their chin, similar to a batsman in cricket. Experienced shortballers sometimes only perform the hand action without saying the word, or just abbreviate the phrase to "Short!"

1: "Hey mate, are you coming to the pub tonight?"
2: "No mate, I have to watch some paint dry at my house"
1: "Shortball there"

1: "Dude, I got locked outside and had to sleep in the snow!"
2: "Shortball there"

1: "So I got back to her place, and she just wanted to watch movies and talk about feelings!"
2: "Shortball"

by hammo1405 March 4, 2011

shortfatty

A weird ass nigga that can't 808 chop or do anything good because his dad took his wifi.

He can never connect to games and is scared to show his face

My friend is a SHORTFATTY because he is cool

by hakiii May 21, 2018

Sharkbait! Hoo ha ha!

1. Nemo's name in Finding Nemo according to Gill, Bloat, Bubbles, and Gurgle.

2. What is yelled with someone throws an awesome strike in bowling.

1. Gill: From this moment on, you shall now be known as Sharkbait.
Bloat, Gurgle, Bubbles: Sharkbait! Hoo ha ha!
Gill: Welcome, Brother Sharkbait!
Bloat, Gurgle, Bubbles: Sharkbait! Hoo ha ha!
Gill: Enough with the Sharkbait.

2. *Celia bowls a strike*
Team- "SHARKBAIT HOO HA HA!"

by Cheesetownbowler January 27, 2011

shoalbait

One who attracts that which is shoal. The word is from Carpinteria, CA.

Dude, Jaiah was scamming with some State Park shoalbait from Slimey Valley down at Jelly Bowl.

by buzz January 4, 2005

British Shorthair

A fluffy species of cat hailing from the UK (hence the name), they are also known as the British Blue because of their blueish gray fur. There are two very famous British Shorthair cats in pop culture. The first being Church, the cat from the 1989 horror movie Pet Sematary. The second being the British Shorthair used in the "I Can Haz Cheezburger" picture that kickstarted the LOLCat phenomenon

I'd like to adopt the British Shorthair, he's so cute!

by Metallicajunkie October 13, 2018