Verb
1. The art of clumsily finding harm in any otherwise harmless software.
2. To become a magnet for technical glitches.
3. To impulsively activate computer interface elements without thinking or knowing.

"I didn't even TOUCH it, now it's DOING something!"
"No, you Dad Clicked."
--Regular Car Reviews (YouTube): 1978 Mercedes Benz CD300 W123, 3 minutes, 0 seconds

dad click by HCCRPCDrunkenMonkey July 21, 2016

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Click factor

Value rating of a person based on how many mouse clicks or screen taps it takes to find their naked photos on the internet.

*Watching a movie*
Dude: Who's that girl? I'm going to check her click factor.
Dude: 3 clicks and I see her titties.
Other dude: Click factor of 3, not bad but she’s no star.

Click factor by The Nightfly August 19, 2020

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click bait hero

click bait hero (n): an online Samaritan who saves many the pain of opening a sensationalised article by releasing the mundane details in the thread below, typically attaining top comment status.

TOP COMMENT: All you need to know is that Will Smith got his name because it is short for 'William'.

REPLY: You sir, are a click bait hero!

click bait hero by Spagalucci October 1, 2016

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clickbait

It means what you think it means: bait for clicks. It's a link which entices you to click on it.

The "bait" comes in many shapes and sizes, but it is usually intentionally misleading and/or crassly provocative. Clicking will inevitably cause disappointment. Clickbait is usually created for money.

One common type is adverts and spam, such as you might find on a random website or in your Facebook feed. Such clickbait usually leads to a site which tries to sell you something or possibly extort you, by withholding the promised "bait". Typical examples include: a sexy picture which promises to show more; suggestive and intriguing captions, like "you won't believe what this hot girl did"; stories designed to inflame people, such as by playing on political passions, like "woman demands more benefits to pay for comfort eating"; and claimed weight loss methods or body building methods, often with some "weird easy trick".

The second main variety is headlines to media sites which make money from page views. Common offenders are Buzzfeed, and Gawker and its affiliated sites. The headlines are designed to cause maximum provocation or interest, but as a result are frequently extremely exaggerated or flat out lies, and the articles themselves are often just as shoddy.

Thanks for wasting my time with this lying clickbait, random Gawker editor. Congratulations, you've gotten your two cents out of me. Now off you go and spend it on your favourite brand of cheap gin - the one you swill at night as you silently shed tears whilst contemplating your miserable, tortured existence and failed journalism career.

clickbait by Gloone February 23, 2015

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fauxstalgia

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.

Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia

fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010

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pajama casual

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.

We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.

pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020

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