clickbait title; clickbait headline
Refers to sensational or misleading headlines designed to attract clicks, often used in online media contexts.
I was tricked by the article's clickbait title and ended up clicking it.
Clickbait headlines often betray readers' expectations.
Compound of 釣り (tsuri, 'fishing') and タイトル (taitoru, 'title'), literally 'fishing title', referring to a title that lures readers like bait.