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ragebait

noun
/ˈɹeɪd͡ʒˌbeɪt/

Etymology

From rage + -bait (“manipulation to elicit a particular response”). Compare rage farm.

  1. derived from rabiēs — “anger, fury”
  2. derived from rabia
  3. derived from rage
  4. inherited from rage
  5. formed as ragebait — “rage + -bait”

Definitions

  1. Content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or…

    Content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction.

    • Holonym: outrage culture
    • Near-synonym: outrage porn

  2. To produce content that provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or…

    To produce content that provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction.

  3. To annoy or upset through one's behavior.

    • got ragebaited by my cat

The neighborhood

Derived

ragebaiter

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ragebait. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA