ragebait
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to post something online which is intended to evoke an angry, disgusted, or argumentative response in viewers.
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to say or do something which is intended to evoke an angry, disgusted, or argumentative response.
Example Sentences
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It was what it was: ragebait provocation, the fuel of choice in the increasingly useless landscape of social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The internet stirs, French’s ragebait gets a moment and suddenly I’m pecking laptop keys about a race…for the Texas Railroad Commission?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He says social media algorithms "prioritise shock, confrontations and adversarial encounters" - or, as many of us know it, "ragebait" - over empathy.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
West’s song is a bleak cut even beyond the ragebait title.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
Like Ed Key’s excellent Proteus, released on Steam last week, Bientôt l’Été is straight-up it’s-not-a-game ragebait.
From Forbes ● Feb. 7, 2013
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