“send me some traps”
by get sharp November 28, 2020
Get the trapsmug. 
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
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”
“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
Get the Tinbergen trapmug. by The Bam Bam dictionary September 14, 2017
Get the trap cookiemug. A: a place considered to be very popular among tourists, including the local economy being largely dependent on them.
B: a place whose amenities are extremely underwhelming, or even non-existent. In essence, not enough things to do for the average tourist.
C: a place where it's easy to get scammed, or otherwise feels like an unreasonable requirement to spend money to enjoy local activities.
D: a place that's kitsch, childish, and appears outdated.
B: a place whose amenities are extremely underwhelming, or even non-existent. In essence, not enough things to do for the average tourist.
C: a place where it's easy to get scammed, or otherwise feels like an unreasonable requirement to spend money to enjoy local activities.
D: a place that's kitsch, childish, and appears outdated.
by Original Orangutans June 22, 2025
Get the Tourist trapmug. Ah yes William II, Prince of Orange and his incompetence at Waterloo. One could say he fell into the Classic Bulgarian Trap.
by ZanyMOFO April 8, 2024
Get the The Classic Bulgarian Trapmug. A written example of a balrogs tail whip. An appendix to an article which serves information that uncomfortably captures you, and pulls you down into deep darker issues. These issues have been present all along but the appendix unavoidably presents them to you.
Pal 1: Mate did you see what they wrote at the end of that news article,shocking
Pal2: Yeh proper PAP-TRAP Appendix...
Pal2: Yeh proper PAP-TRAP Appendix...
by grazer7 September 12, 2023
Get the PAP-TRAP Appendixmug.