linkbait

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A form of link bait — Articles, infographics, videos, and other content on websites created as part of a strategy to attract links and go viral.

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Meanings

nounlinkbait (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of link bait.

    Or, if it wasn’t resentment (and it probably wasn’t, because Carles can do resentment really well when he wants to) it was something lamer: another excuse to post linkbait and pictures of scantily clad attractive women.

    2012 January 19, Rob Trump, “Watching Hipster Runoff Eat its Own Tail”, in New York
Cite this entry
APA

linkbait. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linkbait

MLA

“linkbait.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linkbait. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linkbait,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linkbait.

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