trap house

American  

[trap hous] / ˈtræp ˌhaʊs /

Or traphouse

noun

1. Slang. a place where illicit drugs are bought, sold, or used.

2. a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.

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Etymology

Origin of trap house

First recorded in 1940–45 (trapshooting shelter); and in 2005–10 (place to buy drugs, with reference to drugs as an inescapable “trap”); trap ¹ ( def. ) + house ( def. )

Example Sentences

Mamdani also chopped it up on the venerable bro-socialist media brand Chapo Trap House, the eternally viral SubwayTakes TikTok show, and Hot 97’s morning salon The Breakfast Club.

From Slate

Will Menaker, co-host of the leftist comedy/politics podcast “Chapo Trap House,” says, “The seed of what would become ‘Chapo’” was planted when he first saw “UHF,” Yankovic’s 1989 movie about a man of dubious prospects who is given control of a marginal TV station.

From Los Angeles Times

DankPods is currently the fourth most popular operation on Patreon among accounts that publicly disclose their patron totals, with more backers than the podcasting juggernaut Chapo Trap House.

From The Verge

Even as tech giants like Spotify and Apple have allowed podcasters to offer subscriptions, early-in-the-game Patreon still has a number of heavy hitters like Maintenance Phase and Chapo Trap House.

From The Verge

But Ms. Barrow and Ms. Panovka said their publication bears the influence of recent media developments, citing the podcasts “Chapo Trap House” and “Red Scare,” where boisterous talk is the norm.

From New York Times