Jeez, guys ... the point has become the pedantry
I figured that's what Blue was up to, and then turbocarrera took the "bait."
Bated is used not in the sense of having had "bait" attached, but as in held back, as follows:
bated
\Bat"ed\, a. Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. --Macaulay.
bated
adj 1: held back; "we watched the daring feats of the acrobats with bated breath" 2: diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated hopes"
Fracas ON!!!!!
JP