Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clickbaity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: click-baity
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, related to, or characteristic of clickbait.

Derogatory; Informal

Example Sentences

"That video title looks clickbaity."
"[…] 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?""
""Clickbaity headlines are taking over the Web. Today, publishers make more money from quantity than quality. They're incentivized to manipulate lots of people into clicking on a headline instead of getting engaged readers," CentUp stated."
"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."
"Yes it has a clickbaity title, and yes, this show will grind the gears of thousands – but it should."

Etymology

From clickbait + -y.

Usage

Inflected Forms

clickbaitier (comparative) clickbaitiest (superlative) click-baity (alternative) clickbait-y (alternative)

Derived Forms

clickbaitiness

Questions

What does clickbaity mean?: Of, related to, or characteristic of clickbait.
Where does clickbaity come from?: From clickbait + -y.

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