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The harassment, abuse, or targeted provocation of LGBTQ people (esp., in early use, gay men). Cf. gay-baiting n. Feb 17, 2020 ... Queerbaiting is usually done in hopes of expanding the audience for the show, attracting fans and LGBTQ folk while allowing producers to refrain from isolating ... Dec 11, 2012 ... To me, queerbaiting is more when there is some actual sign that the ship is going to become canon. Like, an average (totally non-fandom) viewer ... Mar 20, 2024 ... ... is a bit condescending and disrespectful. To queerbait or shipbait, it means we were taking advantage of possible queer characters and ... Nov 13, 2012 ... Queer baiting is (in very simple terms) ship teasing a same sex pairing that is never intended to become canon. Never EVER and is only done to boost ratings. Feb 15, 2023 ... — a number that, for many older gay people, can induce a kind of bitter skepticism that's our own problem: “Yeah, but how many of you mean it? Jul 1, 2021 ... People just do not know what queerbait means anymore, do they? No. Sherliam is not queerbait. Despite the fact that there's thick queer ... Nov 29, 2022 ... Queerbaiting is the practice of writing characters that hint at but don't actually depict queerness. It's a marketing strategy to tap into the ... Jun 3, 2019 ... According to Urban Dictionary, queerbaiting is defined as “when an author/director/etc. ... Why Do We Hate The Mean Girl? 3 years ago. Jennifer ... Aug 4, 2019 ... It doesn't matter what gender they are, that's what it means. The two leads on Rizzoli & Isles wanted to bone, and their show would've been so ...