jebait

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jebait

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Blend of Jebailey + bait, popularized by the "Jebaited" Twitch emote added in 2016 which depicts Alex Jebailey with an amused expression.

verb jebaits · jebaiting · jebaited

Internet To manipulate or trick, especially in a benign and light-hearted way. My viewer base likes to jebait me.
Similar: troll, mess with

noun jebaits

countable An instance of jebaiting; a trick or prank. And once Nvidia had made its move with the RTX Super cards just ahead of the Navi launch AMD "made the appropriate move not only to deposition their Super series," says Herkelman, "but also to log jam their 2060 and 2070. Because we knew that they're having slower success, and we wanted to do a doub
uncountable The process or act of jebaiting. I messed up, don't know what to say except sorry to the community, my fans and ATL. It wasn't jebait, sometimes I have these days and make dumb mistakes.

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@misc{jebait_2026,
  title = {jebait},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jebait},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}