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Trap

Trap is the kind of guy who turns heads the moment he walks in — effortlessly handsome, confident, and smooth with every word he speaks. Whether it’s sports, school, music, or gaming, he’s naturally great at everything he does, like it’s second nature. People admire him not just for his looks and skills, but for the way he carries himself with quiet confidence and style. He’s the one everyone wants to be around — the kind of person who makes things look easy, like he was born to be perfect. Trap isn’t just good; he’s unmatched.
Trap is perfect
by Trapishandsome July 29, 2025
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Jew Trap

When your on the highway and theirs 2 people going like 40 in both lanes so you cant get around them
Shit we’ll never make it now were caught in a jew trap
by John Johny Jones August 3, 2025
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Raccoon Trap

1. A person who’s an absolute disaster wrapped in cheap cologne and bad decisions — irresistibly chaotic, like a glittery dumpster fire you know you shouldn’t look at but can’t turn away from.
2. Someone whose life is such a mess that even raccoons would hesitate to rummage through it, yet they still manage to lure others in with a toxic mix of charm, drama, and emotional instability.
Example:
“Girl, don’t fall for him again — he’s a total raccoon trap. That’s not love, that’s a feral situation
by LoverOfSTrangeBallons August 6, 2025
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Trap House

A house equipped with traps or other defensive mechanisms meant to deter intruders. Some examples of common traps may include spike pits, venomous snakes, crocodile pit, and poisionous gas. If you hear of such a trap house in your neighborhood, it is advised you stay out to prevent certain death.

On rare occasions, these houses can be constructed for entertainment purposes, similar to an escape room. This tests the courage of the people willing to enter and those who are lucky enough to escape will live to tell the tale.
Gilbert: Yo Quinton, want to hit up the trap house later?

Quintom: Fuck no, I heard theres a crocodile pit in there.
Gilbert: Your loss bro.
by Dirty Antwan August 12, 2025
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muffin trap

The act of sitting on someone’s face with your bare ass
yo dude the girl i was hanging out with last night tried to muffin trap me.
by C_ick77 August 18, 2025
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Optimization Trap

When trying to improve everything actually makes life worse. The endless tweaking, tracking, and hacking that leaves you more stressed than before. Productivity apps, fitness gadgets, even parenting advice—sometimes “optimizing” just optimizes the anxiety.
I bought five different apps to manage my schedule, and now I don’t have time to do anything. Classic optimization trap.
by GuyWhoWritesDefinitions September 4, 2025
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Tinbergen trap

Tinbergen Trap is a setup where someone uses “an exaggerated signal to trigger a natural reaction”… then punishes the person for it.

Tinbergen trap is named after scientist Niko Tinbergen, who showed animals fall for “supernormal stimuli” like giant fake eggs or female fireflies faking mating flashes to lure males to eat them.

*In human culture, it’s when influencers or clout-chasers bait attention (like filming in gyms) and then shame people for responding in completely normal ways.

Tinbergen trap & Tinbergened creation was first created by Gary Robert Frank, thefrankapproach.ca
“That gym video was a total Tinbergen trap… she dressed for attention, then blasted the guy for looking”
“Clickbait headlines are digital Tinbergen Traps…they exaggerate just to get a reflex reaction”
“Dude, I got Tinbergened. They edited the clip to make me look like a creep”
by TheFrankApproach.ca October 3, 2025
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