master baiter

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Due to the homophony with masturbator.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

master baiter (plural master baiters)

  1. (humorous) A masturbator; someone who masturbates.
    • 1987, Curtis Zahn, Clark Branson, The Plight of the Lesser Sawyer's Cricket, page 147:
      I shall, then, tell. Turncloude is a master baiter.
    • 2004, Welle v. Evans (EEOC Federal Sector Decisions, 2004):
      Specifically, after the 'premature enumeration' joke, complainant recounted a story about working in a bait shop, making fishing lures, and being promoted to a 'master baiter.'
    • 2012, Martin C. Mayer, The Recited Spates of Limericka (Revisited), page 22:
      My friend, Girard, is a master baiter...
    • 2014, Micheal T. Hurley, OFFBEAT, page 79:
      “You know, he is a master baiter.”
    • 2018, Harry H. Batsford, The Monuments of Panda Johnson, page 41:
      “I wonder if his Great Uncle was a Master Baiter?” mumbled Panda, laughing to himself.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Often used as the punch line of a joke that compares masturbating with being a master at baiting (enticing fish with bait on a hook), due to the homophony between the two terms.

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