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Clickline 

A portmanteau of "Click-bait Headline".

A website news article headline that has been designed to elicit excitement, but can often lead to bitter disappointment. Much like my sex life.
Josh: What the heck is a Clickline?
Georgia: A click-bait headline, obviously.
Clickline by WillyTime July 14, 2021
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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

flat clicker 

it’s a 2D plane that glows
it’s a motion stabilisation plateau

you put a laser on it but it doesn’t come with a laser
a.k.a. a mouse pad
Customer: I'm looking for a flat clicker
Worker: I'm not sure of what that is
Customer near yelling: A FLAT CLICKER!!!!
flat clicker by his_mum August 8, 2019

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

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

elephant clicking

When a technical person (developer, engineer, scientist, et al.) uses a UI tool to solve a problem instead of the command line or underlying program.

The 'elephant' comes from the PostgreSQL elephant and the many related SQL GUI clients that allow developers to avoid using SQL from the command line for queries. However, this phrase is not limited to PostgreSQL and can refer to any other GUI or related to tool that allows a user to click around to find their way.

This phrase originated at Even Financial, an incomparable Fintech company in the heart of NYC.
Alex: I use the debugger to step-through my code when there's unexpected behavior.

Ross: STOP ELEPHANT CLICKING, YOU ELEPHANT CLICKER!!!