Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/May 5

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Word of the day
for May 5
elephant trap n (figuratively)
  1. A trap which can easily be avoided by a competent person, and thus proves the incompetence of anybody trapped by it.
  2. (chess) Often in the form Elephant Trap: a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, which is generally only effective against inexperienced players.

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