Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trap (Internet meme)

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The result was delete. --Core desat 02:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trap (Internet meme)[edit]

Contested prod. A non-notable protologism for androgyny, with no assertion of notability. Apparently confined to 4chan, YTMND, and "similar web forums," though I can't find any instance of it used in this sense on YTMND. None of the references mention the term "trap" even once. I can't find any reliable independent sources at all confirming that this protologism is notable. Krimpet (talk/review) 00:13, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think you may be right, though I have a few anime buddies who are quite insistent about this one, so... here are some search results. They do take a little digging, because it's hard to narrow the search down properly, but I found a few anime blogs and reviews using the term. Here's someone using it on the MegaToyko forums, but the thread dies too quickly to see if anyone knows what the poster is talking about. Maybe it's not so much an Internet meme as an anime fandom meme? I found a few Bridget trap references on YTMND without looking too hard, for what it's worth (see itsabridgetrap, bridgettrap, and bridgetisatrap; YTMND links are discouraged).

I could probably find more, or maybe do some but this is really silly when my involvement with the article started with capitalizing the 'I' in Internet. -.- One of the people who actually added content to the article should pick it up from here if that's not enough. Workingonmygooglefu 02:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You know, there's always another interesting link on the next page of Google hits. Wiktionary lists 'transvestite' as a meaning for (slang, pejorative) wiktionary:trap, and wiktionary:transvestite lists 'trap' as a (slang, pejorative) synonym. Workingonmygooglefu 02:25, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It is used on numerous web forums and you can find a not work safe wiki article at ED. However, I seriously doubt there are reliable sources about the term. –Pomte 10:24, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not a notable meme by any means. JuJube 11:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete slang neologism. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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