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clickbait

/ˈklɪkbeɪt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Website content that is aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs; such headlines.
  2. To add clickbait to a web page; to direct clickbait at someone.

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