Trap
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A trap is a form of underhanded attack intended to catch targets off-guard, granting the trapper the initiative and advantage over their opponent. Traps can also be security features designed to prevent entry into certain areas by making sure that trekking through them is a perilous affair.
Speaking of affairs, the beardiest of us have established that a woman is the perfect physical representation, the definition, of a trap. Not always deadly, but definitely the most effective, as there is no possible way of freeing yourself without internal or external damage.
In-game, traps can either be; devices designed to strike opponents unexpectedly like pitfalls and landmines, cunning tactics like ambushes and assassinations, or fighting moves like riposte or feinting. The main gist of traps, however, is that they must not be discovered before they are needed. Otherwise, most people can avoid traps and render them useless before they do their work. It may even work against the trapper and put themselves in a dangerous position instead.
In RPGs, a trap can either be a devilishly evil contraption that the GM placed into a campaign to trick the players or to somehow outsmart them (and hopefully kill them later) or a piss poor trick that a lobotomized retard could see right through.
A rather badass type of trap is a bear trap; either a pair of spring loaded mechanical jaws, or a trap that releases a hungry bear.
In DnD
Traps are a staple in Dungeons & Dragons. They can take the form of anything from a spring loaded blade on a door, a pit full of spikes covered up by a net, an illusory wall or many others. It is generally used to screw with the players. The rogue in 3.5 and down is, pretty much, the only class that can deal with them, while in 4e anyone can effectively if they choose to work on that skill. The latest edition lets anyone with thieves' tools proficiency go to work on 'em, though rogues and bards both get specialized tricks to make them best at it.
IRL
Traps have become a widespread term used in places like /a/, /b/, /cm/, /d/, and /h/ to describe young males who, for all intents and purposes, dress and act like the opposite gender, and outwardly appear to be a cute girl. The term is also occasionally used as a term for transgendered people and transvestites, the latter more frequently than the former. For people who don't want to use the term "trap", there is the alternative "tomgirl", a play on tomboy. Be careful though, Chris-Chan uses this.
The Japanese term for this is 男の娘 (otoko no ko), literally "daughter that is male" (Not "Daughter of Man," it's a common newbie mistake to think "no" always means "of"). This is a pun on 男の子, which is pronounced the same, but is just a catch-all term for "boy", literally meaning "child that is male".
Less common is the "reverse trap"; an extremely tomboyish girl whose generally small curves allows her to, intentionally or otherwise, pass herself off as a male.
A frequent question presented by trolls of various stripes is "Are Traps Gay?". The actual answer is obviously "No, they're Transvestites"[1], (possibly followed by either "you fucking retard" or "and now we're going to kick you out of our convention"). Learn the meanings of words, people. (If the asker actually meant "Is being attracted to traps gay?", the answer is "Only if you go specifically seeking them out for sexual purposes", again possibly followed by "And I thought we kicked out out of this convention; do we have to call the police?".) Ultimately, a trap is a trap; old fashioned words like straight and gay don't really directly apply.
[1] Or, more rarely, Transgender, but that's usually a different kettle of fish and LOLCows. Regardless, both have very little to do with sexual orientation.