Bait And Switch Edit Meaning

1.

The policy used by Bell Mobility to get more money out of their customers. They will *bait* you in with offers of really good stuff, then switch the offers around behind your back, often with the excuse of "that was just a promotion" or "you must have changed it yourself"

Bell: We'll give you this really good plan.

You: I'll take it.

*bill arrives without the really good plan*

You: DAMNIT

2.

When a fairly attractive woman or man introduces themeselves to a group of the opposite sex in order to get their ugly friend in the door

I thought I was money but she bait and switched me into talking to that pig

See bait, switch, ugly, attractive, group

3.

the term can also be used for a relationship when a girl or guy "advertises" her or himself as being something s/he's not and in the end ends up being a shoddier "product" -- a lesser person than was originally promoted.

for example a guy might start out being really attentive to a girl he wants to go out with: lots of emails, text messages, dates, flowers etc... and then once the girl has committed to the guy in some way he turns off the attention and hardly ever calls, no more flowers, hard to get hold of etc...

duped Girl 1: Todd hasn't called me in a week; he used to call twice a day.

Girl 2: Sounds like he did a bait and switch on you.

See dating, false advertising

4.

The process by which a girl procures a free drink from a man at a bar, and then escapes awkward conversation by pawning him off on her friend.

Tiffany pulled the old bait and switch on small awkward man by putting Jenny in the line of fire.

See bait, switch, bar, drink, diversion

5.

When you are at a dive bar (TG) and nobody is dancing, you get on the juke box and play some ass slappin hooker music...Some skanks feel the vibe and go dance...next song.etely different making the dirty girls feel weird.

Juke Box- Buttons by pussy cat dolls Theresa-"Ohhhh here they come!"

Skanks- (Dancing slutty like)

Hanna- "Dibs"

Juke Box- Benny & the Jetts- Elton der

Skanks- (Scamper off the floor all hot mess like)

Theresa, Hanna, Travis- "Ha Ha, silly trix, you just got the bait and switch"

See bait, switch, and, &, tg

6.

When a designated driver says he will bring every one home from the bar, and then precedes to drink himself into a vomiting stupor. So that it is obvious he is the only one who can't drive.

I told my uncle's to come to the bar with me, and that I would bring them home. I then did 4 car bombs, 2 shots of vodka, 6 beers, and 2 martini's. My uncle's claimed I pulled a bait and switch on them.

See steg, boiler, stench, rank, pigeon

7.

Scientology with less religion, defined by the economic advantage of conning in a customer (or oftenly 'sucker') by teasing them in with a deal or other great benefit but then as they are about to pay the deal are told that the original product is not available but that a substitute is. They then employ the people to then buy a more expensive item. The original product is never revealed to the person, it is an easy economic trick

In bait and switch, a thetan is a sucker and tom cruise is the guy on the billboard with shiny teeth

See fraud, scientology, con man, pc world