Clickbaity

Quick meaning: Clickbaity is an adjective meaning (informal, derogatory) Of, related to, or characteristic of clickbait.

Meaning

(informal, derogatory) Of, related to, or characteristic of clickbait.

Example Sentences

That video title looks clickbaity.

Yes it has a clickbaity title, and yes, this show will grind the gears of thousands – but it should.

[…] all I can wonder is, "How would the 'Like A Prayer' video have been received in the age of Twitter and SEO-happy music blogs trying to capitalize on the clickbaity ways of its plotline and the artist behind it?"

To put it another way: at the moment, Facebook assumes that people click on exactly the material that they want to click on, and that if it serves up a lot of clickbaity curiosity-gap headlines, then it’s giving its users what they want.

Word Forms

• clickbaitier
• clickbaitiest
• click-baity
• clickbait-y

Related Words

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