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Definition of click-bait
click-bait
adjective
- of the title to an article or webpage, vague enough so that one has to click the title to learn what the destination is actually about.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Dec 15 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 15 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "pardon my jumping in". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "no big deal". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in other words". | |
| Definitions include: rules governing socially acceptable behavior on Twitter. | |
| Definitions include: an arm that has become sore, cramped, and / or muscular due to extended use of touch screens on computing devices. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "get the fuck out", an expression of disbelief. | |
| Definitions include: to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.) | |
| Definitions include: a spontaneous public gathering of people organized via the internet. | |
| Definitions include: to fail in a grand way. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "problem exists between chair and keyboard". | |
| Definitions include: a computer system. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical area that contains the underlying implementation of something - e.g. a piece of hardware, a piece of software, an idea, etc. | |
| Definitions include: "Internet BF", i.e. "Internet Boyfriend". | |
| Definitions include: "ok, thanks." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "talk amongst yourselves". | |
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Other terms relating to 'bait': | |
| Definitions include: a person who reports the misdeeds of another; "snitch"; "tattle-tale". | |
| Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch". | |
| Definitions include: to give up. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: a post to a discussion forum that is intended to incite flames. | |
| Definitions include: a person under the age of consent for sex - i.e. you would probably be sent to jail for having sex with them | |
| Definitions include: acronym for jail bait. | |
| Definitions include: take a shit. | |
| Definitions include: candy, junk food. | |
| Definitions include: do not mess with underage girls. | |
| Definitions include: a load of feces | |
Other terms relating to 'click': | |
| Definitions include: one kilometer. | |
| Definitions include: remote control, usually for a television. | |
| Definitions include: a full set of dentures. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: Buying something online that you can't, or don't want to explain. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting similar in form to "What's up?" or "What's crackin'?", but more related to new trends on the Internet. | |
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