date bait

A baiting practice first employed by virologists in the late 1950s, in which they used the fruit of date palm tree to attract and capture fruit bats for testing.

Virologists had long suspected that fruit bats could be the carriers of certain types of viruses that were being spread in North Africa.

Capturing the fruit bats initially proved difficult, until a local Egyptian herder suggested using dates laid on fine netting spread on the ground. Date baiting traps continued to prove to be an effective method of capturing fruit bats.

Recent study of captured fruit bats revealed that they were indeed a carrier of the ebola virus.

The virologists decided to date bait traps to capture the elusive North African fruit bats.

date bait by firefighter rick April 2, 2017

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date bait=any material object or event that intices the opposite sex to seek interest in reuniting with a person at a later date

When you're at a bar and coax a girl to go on a date with you by telling her you have tickets to a sports game (eg Redsox)/concert/play, access to jewelry, etc= date bait

date bait by pepmd June 2, 2007

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date bait

A technique used by online dating sites such as AdultFriendFinder, Ashley Madison, and CougarLife to scam money from gullible horny people. After joining, the user starts to receive messages from other "users", which requires the user to pay in order to read and/or respond. If the user pays to respond, they do not end up meeting an actual human; rather, it results in the company's revenue increasing and a dry area between the user's legs.

Horny Guy: Bro! Check this out! I signed up on Ashley Madison 5 min ago, and before I even made a profile, I got a message from RealHornyGurl69! Her profile is super hot!

Wiser Friend: Oh really? What does it say?

Horny Guy: I dunno, it's a "Collect Message." I have to buy some credits from them so I can read it.

Wiser Friend: No way, dude. It's date bait.

date bait by RyGuyNomad August 7, 2011

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Date baited

The act of someone asking another out as a practical joke for them to accept.

He got date baited by Karen
Karen- "will you go out with me"
Him- "sure"
Karen- "Just kidding your one of my best friends"

Date baited by father.louis March 3, 2019

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Fleg

The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.

"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"

Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013

Word of the Day on July 18, 2026

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Skeef

To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.

"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."

Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026

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Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.

I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand

Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026

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