When a person gets into a relationship because they lead the other person on. This happens when one person does not put their footdown on not wanting a relationship. The other person then latches on and sucks the life out of their soul. Hour by hour day by day. Often times the victim pretends to be happy but deep down is confused on how this became an official relationship.
by Heartbeat killa July 17, 2019
Get the Entrapment-adized mug.A social booby trap, usually set on purpose by a host intent on making sure you're available for their lame or otherwise undesirable event; most often set in person, in the flow of an otherwise harmless conversation. One should be on the lookout for this trap, and have a few handy excuses on hand to preempt or avoid making oneself unintentionally available. Trap is most effective on the honest, the sympathetic, and otherwise nice folks who can't just say "F**K off!"
Host: "Hey, great t-shirt!"
Prey: "Thanks....I made it on Cafe Press."
Host: "Cool. So are you in town this weekend?"
Prey: "Yeah, we don't go away until next month."
Host: "GREAT! Then you can come to my SmurfExchange Party on Friday night!" **BLAM: Prey has just become a victim of invitational entrapment, and now must attend lame event.
Prey: "Thanks....I made it on Cafe Press."
Host: "Cool. So are you in town this weekend?"
Prey: "Yeah, we don't go away until next month."
Host: "GREAT! Then you can come to my SmurfExchange Party on Friday night!" **BLAM: Prey has just become a victim of invitational entrapment, and now must attend lame event.
by daddymike June 8, 2012
Get the invitational entrapment mug.The US state of New Mexico. A play on the state's official nickname, "Land of Enchantment". The reference is really to the state's high poverty rate and relative lack of economic opportunity, which renders many people unable to get up enough money to leave, even if they want to.
I'd like to move to LA or Seattle, but here in Carlsbad, I can only get a part-time dishwashing job. So I guess I'm stuck here in the Land of Entrapment.
by Leslie Doppler Hammond February 21, 2008
Get the Land of Entrapment mug.Nickname for New Mexico, based on the state's moto the "Land of Enchantment." Not particular to any city or area within the state.
by 505sula November 26, 2007
Get the land of entrapment mug.Santa Fe, New Mexico. A play on New Mexico's state saying 'Land of Enchantment' (which is also true), because people either never leave Santa Fe or they return eventually.
by YourMom July 30, 2004
Get the Land of Entrapment mug.Cognitive Entrapment (n.)
The mental state in which a person becomes overly committed to a particular perspective or ideological framework, such as the "red pill, blue pill" rhetoric, thereby reducing their ability to perceive or consider the complexity of an issue at hand.
Synonyms: Ideological lock-in, belief perseverance, intellectual tunnel vision.
Antonyms: Intellectual agility, cognitive flexibility, open-mindedness.
The mental state in which a person becomes overly committed to a particular perspective or ideological framework, such as the "red pill, blue pill" rhetoric, thereby reducing their ability to perceive or consider the complexity of an issue at hand.
Synonyms: Ideological lock-in, belief perseverance, intellectual tunnel vision.
Antonyms: Intellectual agility, cognitive flexibility, open-mindedness.
The "red pill, blue pill" analogy risked leading to cognitive entrapment, simplifying nuanced debates into a binary choice and obstructing meaningful dialogue.
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