Thirst Trap

A sexy photograph or flirty message posted on social media for the intent of causing others to publicly profess their attraction. This is done not to actually respond or satisfy any of this attraction, but to feed the posters ego or need for attention, at the expense of the time, reputation and sexual frustration of those who view the image or reply.

Usually a Sexy Video or Photo of someone posted to turn viewer on, can be fan made. Usually hot but not explicitly smutty. NOT P0RN. Ex: Hips, head jerks, kind of revealing clothing, lip biting or smirking.

Any statement or picture used to intentionally create attention or "thirst"

A trend on social media where the creator intentionally sexualizes/over sexualizes themselves to accomplish 3 basic things

1) Grow their following (people on the internet are 3x as likely to follow someone they find attractive)

2) Receive a lot of likes
3) Receive positive affirmations about their body.

thirst trap
/θɜ (r)st træp/

The act of showing yourself in a more or less lascivious manner to attract the attention of the opposite sex and motivate to slide into your DMs.

When a someone, usually female, posts a sexy picture of themselves and "traps" thirsty admirers

A provacotive photo posted for likes; usually doesn’t even contain a smiling face, just a body/body part instead