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spamtrap

noun

Etymology

From spam + trap.

  1. derived from *drebʰ-✻ — “to step, trip, trample”
  2. derived from *trapjaną✻ — “to tread, stamp”
  3. derived from *trappjan✻ — “to step”
  4. inherited from *trappjā✻ — “trap, snare”
  5. inherited from træppe
  6. inherited from trappe
  7. compounded as spamtrap — “spam + trap”

Definitions

  1. A honeypot used to collect spam.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spamtrap. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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