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Kinda wishin I knew what a thirst trap was..
Where lions ambush gazelles when they go to the water hole
Good-looking person, usually dressed and/or posing provocatively. Often includes engagement-bait-type caption.
A thirst trap is specifically attraction as bait
Thanks, Ive literally never heard this term till today
Someone is "thirsty" for sex. A woman (or a broad approximation there of) exploits that thirst, hence "trap".
The "woman" is the thirst trap. Woman is in quotes, because it's almost always not a woman, but a bot, or one of many accounts run by scammers.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-maga-girls/
A sexually suggestive picture