Meaning of clickbait-y | Babel Free
Definitions
Adjective. [C1]
Examples
“The Daily Caller, rightwing blog and trusty purveyor of all things clickbait-y, aggressively aggregated a story over the weekend that a woman has sued the city over being stopped and frisked in Brooklyn last⟳ year.”
“Even if they can't execute it as well as Buzzfeed,^([sic]) it's also fine to run⟳ some clickbait-y content to subsidise the more important but less popular reporting they^([sic]) good media outlets should produce⟳.”
“A tantalizing, clickbait-y headline gets slapped atop the tweet, video or blog. ("You won't believe⟳ the five life lessons in this shocking video!")”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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