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rage-bait

rage-bait is the alternative spelling of ragebait.

Meaning of ragebait

Noun

ragebait (countable and uncountable, plural ragebaits)

  1. (Internet) Content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction.
    • Holonym: outrage culture
    Antonyms:
    gigglebait, joybait
    1. (Internet, broadly, humorous) Something annoying or upseting.
      • My university's new, buggy as hell enrollment system is actually ragebait.

See all 4 meanings of ragebait

Forms of rage-bait

third-person singular presentrage-baits
present participlerage-baiting
past participlerage-baited
pastrage-baited

Questions about rage-bait

What is rage-bait the alternative spelling of?
Rage-bait is the alternative spelling of ragebait.

Words near rage-bait in the dictionary

  1. rage quitters
  2. rage quitting
  3. rage room
  4. rage rooms
  5. rage syndrome
  6. rage-bait
  7. rage-baited
  8. rage-baiter
  9. rage-baiters
  10. rage-baiting
  11. rage-baits

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