Glossary archive

Reddit terms, trimmed down for fast reading.

Use this glossary to understand the language around Reddit, communities, and the way people describe what they find there. Some terms may be NSFW.

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G577 clickbait Content designed to attract clicks with minimal substance. G578 clickbaity A thing that looks like clickbait or behaves like clickbait. G579 bait A lure or trap designed to draw attention. G580 concern trolling A tactic that pretends to care while actually pushing a hidden agenda. G581 trolling Trying to provoke a reaction or stir up conflict. G582 troll A person who trolls. G583 tone policing Criticizing someone's tone instead of their point. G584 strawman A distorted version of someone else's point. G585 sealioning Bad-faith questioning that exhausts the other person. G586 whataboutism Shifting the subject to avoid the original point. G587 devil’s advocate Arguing a counterpoint just to challenge the room. G588 flame war A heated argument that spreads from one reply to many. G589 brigaded A thread or comment section that has been hit by coordinated attention. G590 drama bait Content that seems designed to cause drama. G591 bold claim A strong claim made with confidence. G592 receipts Evidence or proof offered to support a claim. G593 screenshots or it didn’t happen The idea that if there are no screenshots, the claim is harder to trust. G594 source A source that supports what is being said. G595 sauce A slang spelling of source. G596 sauce pls A request for the source. G597 OP has no sauce A complaint that the original poster has no proof. G598 link in comments A link placed directly in the comments. G599 more in comments More details or links are available below in the comments. G600 album in comments A collection of images placed in the comments.