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Booby Trap!
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Aug 31, 2008 12:01PM
Ok I know there is another term for Booby trap... Does anyone know what it is? Come on smarty pants. This is going to give me pulmonarythorax if I don't figure this out, it is driving me insane!
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land mine? snare? pitfall?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby_trapThe above link is not helpful.
My roomie also said "pitfall." I never thought of pitfall in the booby-trap sense of the word... More like the emotional sense.
Well yes, Montambo all three of those ARE "Booby traps" but there is a professional term that is used in place of "booby trap" I appreciate your effort though.
Oh, yes. The metaphorical pitfall.
Thanks Amanda... AUGH! It is right on the tip of my brain!
See were all having the same problem... this must be some sort of physiological paradox or something, because I am doing the same thing. Sting operation is to ambush, is to pitfall as pitfall is to punji sticks or deadfall, is to land mind. I am not amused. I am seriously giving myself a headache.
I don't know any business jargon.
practical joke?ambush?
I know what you're saying, Nick. There's like a military or spy term for it. But what the hell is it? Damn.
improvised explosive device?
Ok, I have to stop googling this or the freaking FBI is gonna show up on my doorstep.
blame your roomie...IED is what the brits call it
Improvised explosive device is nothing more then a non-manufactured explosive device... rather a device that is deployed in a manner un-attended by the manufacturer.
Entrapment is more like: to deceive somebody, especially to trick somebody into committing or admitting to a crime… deception is the key word here… so we are getting close. I appreciate all the help. My OCD is locked in high gear over this for some reason.
What about stalking horse or Trojan horse?
So you mean in general as in hoodwink, embuscade, etc, rather than a specific. okay.no, i got nothing
Yes, I am referring to the tactic, not the device of the tactic.
Well, I'm no English major (which I am sure is very obvious) But I would assume noun. One encounters a Booby trap/unknown word... then again, one also must set a booby trap/unknown word. So you know I guess both.
Thesaurus.com lists only "pitfall" as a synonym for "booby trap."
thesaurus.com is ineffectual, worthless, hopeless, futile, crap, shit, a load of bollocks, rubbish, nonsense, useless and it sucks.I am not sure this word exists. Actually, is it a word, or a phrase?
It is a word, in common usage in military circles. Me and the "military" crowd here are killing brain cells trying to remember what it is...
it's not that russian word is it... something beginning with 'm'.
EvilNick, I agree about thesaurus.com completely. It always disappoints.
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