A fork of Rural Dictionary
Clickbait is a term for videos, pictures, or more that are made to get the most views or clicks on it to get the most clout.
Oftentimes Clickbait on videos will have red arrows, red circles, and absurd things appended to the end of the title, like
*ALMOST DIED* *GONE SEXUAL* *GONE HORRIBLE* *WATCH TO THE END* or multiple at the same time.
jim: i keep getting Clickbait in my suggestions
tom: lol get rekt
Roses are red voilets are blue, durv does clickbait alot of it too
Oh da hell why does myth put 50 kills on his vid but only gets 13 dats clickbait
Roses are red violets are blue durv does clickbait alot of it too
Oh durv calls boss baby dats clickbait at its finest
Teasing people in group chats who never respond with something irrestible, than pulling a bait & switch.
“Why did Hill cross the road?”
“1”
“None of my business. Hills a grown ass woman and I don’t need to know all the details of her life. Furthermore, I trust her judgement. She could have been buying groceries for all I care. Or better yet perhaps it’s a Norwegian tradition. But at the end of the day, I think we should ALL respect each others privacy!!”
“Love it! Def not Clickbait-Bob”
“Actually, that was textbook Clickbait-Bob!”
A phrase or verbal cue intended to solicit attention or further inquiry from an uninvolved third party.
James looked down at his phone and said "wow, that's so cool", hoping that others around him would rush to his side begging for details.
He always uses verbal clickbait to try to start conversations.
The act of creating clickbait headlines - to lure readers to inane, untrue or double-minded articles - sold as journalism.
Clickbaitism is clickbait combined with really bad and dishonest journalism.
Especially social media and sponsored articles lead to a new form of clickbaitism.
You can get a degree in clickbaitism at the University of Mount Whateverest.
The act of obsessively following links in your feeds in hopes of finding something stimulating.
Grant was on the couch in the living room clickbaiting through UBIs about his dream car, the Ford Focus, instead of attending to his woman's needs in the bedroom.