A trap in reasoning or an argument, which a sensible person wouldn't fall into. There are a lot of interview questions like this that you might need to cunningly sidestep. Keep your wits about you!
Manager: I asked the usual interview questions with the standard elephant traps but they fell into each of them.
Colleague: Oh, no. Sigh.
Colleague: Oh, no. Sigh.
by jetpants October 13, 2022
Get the elephant trapmug. by The Bam Bam dictionary September 14, 2017
Get the trap cookiemug. 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 Venis fly trap January 6, 2017
Get the venis fly trapmug. when you and a buddy use a pocket pussy fucking both ends at the same time, it creates a suction similar to that of a Chinese finger trap, forcing both parties to frot their dicks together inside the toy until they climax.
Tom: Hey did you hear Frank got a pocket pussy on the weekend?
Dan: Yea, me and him are gonna preform an american dick trap with it.
Dan: Yea, me and him are gonna preform an american dick trap with it.
by Parallax266 December 5, 2022
Get the American Dick Trapmug. by The world’s tallest midget April 15, 2023
Get the Chinese finger trapmug. A term created by Selamawit Solomon (2025) to describe how people are trapped inside the internet creating, thinking, and living within digital platforms instead of the real world.
People who run these apps want us to be trapped in this digital box. They don’t want us to think out of it that’s why I call it a Digital Trap Box.
by Selamawit_solmon October 12, 2025
Get the Digital trap boxmug.