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tip bait

noun

Etymology

Back-formation from tip baiting. Popularised in the 2020s with the rise of food delivery services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Definitions

  1. The promise of a large tip (usually on a delivery app) so that the deliverer feels…

    The promise of a large tip (usually on a delivery app) so that the deliverer feels incentivised to swiftly reach their destination, only to deliberately decrease or cancel the tip once the delivery is completed.

  2. To make such a falsely promised tip

    To make such a falsely promised tip; to engage in tip baiting.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for tip bait. 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