jebait
(Internet slang, Twitch-speak) To manipulate or trick, especially in a benign and light-hearted way.
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(Internet slang, Twitch-speak) To manipulate or trick, especially in a benign and light-hearted way.
My viewer base likes to jebait me.
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(uncountable) The process or act of jebaiting.
The clip in question rose to the top of the LivestreamFails subreddit and is now hailed as "the greatest jebait ever".
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(countable) An instance of jebaiting; a trick or prank.
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- Jebaited83%
A taunt meaning 'you took the bait' or 'you fell for it', from the Twitch emote of pro Street Fighter player Alex Jebailey wearing a smug grin. When the streamer (or a chatter) commits to a play based on a fake, the rest of chat spams 'Jebaited' to celebrate the deception. Has crossed over into general gaming culture to mean 'outplayed by misdirection'.
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(transitive, rare, UK, _, dialectal) To play a trick on; trick or befool.
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To annoy or upset through one's behavior.