hobo trap

A device or tactic used by hobos to solicit or obtain handouts from unwitting passers-by. These traps are often designed to take advantage of someone who is in a vulnerable situation, locals or other hobos, which is a direct violation of rule 3 of the hobo ethical code. Traps may occasionally be marked with hobo signs designed to covertly communicate trap effectiveness with other hobos.

I barely escaped that hobo trap back there with my wallet.

Why is there an unopened champagne bottle by that bush? That's a hobo trap.

by Jeorb April 11, 2015

Hippie Trap

An interesting or unusual object/installation at a burn (or similar gathering) designed to distract, engage, and often inspire wonder in participants for a short/medium amount of time. (Especially relevant when the hippie trap distracts the participant from whatever they were doing and becomes the object of their full attention) Examples include, but are not limited to: interactive play-forms, interesting lights, unusual textures, uniquely decorated spaces, large flow toys, etc.

Have you seen Tanner?
He got caught up at a hippie trap. It may be a while till he wanders back to camp.

by andyetandyet June 6, 2022

Canary Trap

a method for exposing an information leak by giving different versions of a sensitive document to each of several suspects and seeing which version gets leaked.

The government needed to find their employee leaking information to the media so they setup a canary trap by giving each suspected employee a slightly different story.

by Tyson.Mason.1983 August 29, 2019

Death Trap

A woman who says she want's a casual relationship but then gets pregnant and won't abort it

You are a death trap! (man says to woman)

by realtalk25 June 23, 2020

trap wizard

One who's trap game is so strong, they disappear before getting caught up. One could also put it as ballin' so hard mothaf#%^as wanna find me. Locally known in parts of San Antonio area as pulling "A Chris."

Og: "yo see that red Impala creepin by?"
Youngsta: "who is that guey?"
Og: "he's a trap wizard foo', always trappin' never catchin' chain"

by Trap Wizzard October 8, 2015

trap friend

person who is only friends of you because you have drugs. Only talks to you about drugs (this is overlooked) or only hangs out with you when you have drugs. Don’t get this confused with fein, feins don’t have people to supply them, trap friends do. Although the terms can be synonymous

Most common in high schools and colleges where students don’t have the job to fund their addiction, so they rely on others.

Damnit, Collin invited me over to his place, he knows I have weed and he doesn’t, what a trap friend

by Spice Latte February 8, 2020

trap police

Trap police are police who enforce the law for traps, and may or may not also be traps themselves

>trap police knock on door
>trap opens door
"Who are y'all?"
"We are the trap police"
>trap runs away screaming
"IT WAS A ONE TIME THING, I SWEAR!!"

by Alpha_Zed_13 February 12, 2018