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[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

Literally "fishing"; posting bait on purpose to provoke predictable reactions or lure people into responding.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"That whole post is just fishing for angry replies."

LORE & ORIGIN

Standard Chinese internet vocabulary (literally "fishing") for posting content designed as bait, meant to provoke a predictable reaction or argument or to lure people into responding.

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2026-10
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Related To:Bait

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