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   Click·bait

   /ˈklikbāt/

   

   noun

   • 1. (on the internet) content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page: "these recent reports of the show's imminent demise are hyperbolic clickbait"

   Word Origin 1990s: from click and bait.

   Scrabble Points: 19

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