Jebaited is a Twitch global emote showing FGC organizer Alex Jebailey grinning upward, added to the platform in September 2016. It quickly became chat's default reaction whenever a streamer, viewer, or opponent got tricked, spawning a signature Twitch copypasta and one of the most-spammed bait callouts of the late 2010s.
Origin
The Jebaited emote was added to Twitch as a global emote in September 2016, using a photograph of CEO Gaming founder Alex Jebailey grinning with his head tilted back[1]. Jebailey had been a fixture of the fighting-game community for years through the CEO event series, and the still image was pulled from that scene before Twitch pushed it site-wide[4].
- Platform: Twitch
- Creator: Alex Jebailey
- Date: 2016
Overview
Jebaited is the Twitch global emote of Alex Jebailey, the founder of the fighting-game tournament series CEO Gaming, pictured mid-laugh looking upward[1]. Chat spams it the moment a streamer walks into an obvious trap, a viewer falls for a joke, or an opponent lands a hard read in a fighting game[2].
The emote reads as both a taunt and a confession. Post it after you get baited yourself, or fire it into chat the instant someone else does. Outside Twitch, the word carries over as a verb, with Urban Dictionary defining it as getting tricked or bait-and-switched, often around gaming pay-to-win reveals or chat pranks[3].
How It Spread
The emote's chat usage locked in on September 23, 2016, when the copypasta "Kappa outdated / Pogchamp overrated / Long have we waited / Now we Jebaited" was added to the Twitch Quotes database[4]. Within weeks it was the default callout for any bait play across FGC, Dota and shooter streams.
On October 16, 2016, YouTuber AdmiralBulldog uploaded a Dota 2 clip titled "Bulldog Jebaited Aegis Steal," pushing the term into MOBA highlight vocabulary[5]. A few days later, on October 20, streamer TimTheTatman tweeted the copypasta to his followers[6], and on October 23 a Redditor asked /r/OutOfTheLoop what the emote even meant, a sign it had outrun its origin[7]. On October 25, Jebailey himself leaned in by tweeting a tiled desktop wallpaper of the emote with the hashtag #Jebaited[6].
Jebailey later took the bit into the real world at AEW's Fyter Fest on June 29, 2019, losing a fifteen-minute hardcore match to Michael Nakazawa that used a fight stick, a GameCube controller and arcade buttons as weapons[4].
How to Use
Typical usage is a single word or the emote alone, dropped in Twitch chat the instant a bait play lands. Common convention is to spam it in response to a streamer dying to an obvious trap, a chat member falling for a joke question, or a fighting-game player getting hard-read on a whiff punish[2]. The copypasta version, ending in "Long have we waited / Now we Jebaited," often includes the emote at each line break[4].
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Jebaited?
Jebaited is a global Twitch emote featuring Alex Jebailey grinning upward, spammed in chat when someone gets baited or tricked[1].
Where did Jebaited come from?
Twitch added the emote in September 2016 using a photo of CEO Gaming founder Alex Jebailey[1][4].
What does Jebaited mean?
It means getting baited or bait-and-switched, most often in a gaming context or a chat prank[3].
How do you use Jebaited?
Post the emote or type "Jebaited" in Twitch chat right after a bait play, prank, or hard read lands[2].
Is Jebaited still popular?
It stayed a staple of Twitch chat culture after 2016 and remained one of the platform's classic bait callouts alongside the "Now We Jebaited" copypasta[4].
