trendbait

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noun

Content created with the purpose of becoming viral.

OriginEnglish bait ← Middle English bayte ← Old Norse beita →
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Meanings

nountrendbait (uncountable)
  1. InternetderogatoryuncountableContent created with the purpose of becoming viral.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*trandijan
  2. Old Englishtrendan
  3. Middle Englishtrenden
  4. Englishtrend
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéydt
  7. Proto-Germanic*bītaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*baitijaną
  9. Old Norsebeita
  10. Middle Englishbayte
  11. Englishbait
  12. Englishtrendbait

From trend + -bait.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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