Usually it’s spelled that way, but this is more like an eggcorn.
I kind of like the idea that it’s clickbating, like the creator is jerking themselves off about how much they love clicks, or how clever they are with their manipulative title.
Usually it’s spelled that way, but this is more like an eggcorn.
I kind of like the idea that it’s clickbating, like the creator is jerking themselves off about how much they love clicks, or how clever they are with their manipulative title.
Ilandar@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
It’s always spelled that way. The word is clickbait, there is no such thing as “clickbate” and it’s nowhere near common enough of a misspelling to be considered an eggcorn.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
I would like you to show me any expert source saying that an eggcorn must achieve widespread adoption before it can be described as such.
The idea that something needs to be in a dictionary before it can be considered a feature of language is something that linguists - including the dictionary authors themselves - disavow.
Ilandar@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
I’m not really sure what you’re trying to argue here. “Clickbate” is not a word.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
Ah yes, the first resort of the prescriptivist: baldly assert that you are correct with absolutely no reasoning behind it.
It’s pretty clear that you don’t understand linguistics or you wouldn’t have declared so confidently that something said on purpose and clearly understood by you to be “not a word”.
Like you literally said that you don’t understand my argument and then declared me wrong anyway. I could explain further but it doesn’t seem like you want to understand.
If you do want to actually learn something here, let me know and I am actually quite happy to help.
CubitOom@infosec.pub 15 hours ago
Lol, that’s fair. Leaving it for historical reasons.