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honeypot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • hŭn'ē-pŏt

Etymology

From Middle English hwny pott; equivalent to honey + pot.

Meanings

  1. A pot of honey.
  2. (US, dated, figuratively, slang) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing ▸ A romantic pet name; "honey".
  3. (figuratively, slang) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing ▸ A vulva or vagina.
    • "[S]he had the boss eating from her honeypot." Baxter rolled his eyes at the crude term for pussy, but Rodney did have a point. 2011, Mechele Armstrong, Code Monkey, →ISBN:
  4. (figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing ▸ A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.
    • Perhaps in order to create his own, more controlled environment for debaucherie, he set up a house of prostitution with Gestapo funds, justifying it as a "honeypot" with which to ensnare unsuspecting foreign diplomats. 1996, John H. Waller, The Unseen War in Europe: Espionage and Conspiracy in the Second World War, Random House, →ISBN, page 226:
    • And the American Embassy in Moscow was infiltrated thanks to “honeypots,” Soviet women who seduced Marine guards. 1989, The Washingtonian, volume 24, page 25:
    • The NKVD uses attractive ballerinas for honeypot espionage. 2004, Richard C.S. Trahair, Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 353:
  5. (figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing ▸ A woman who attracts sexual attention from men.
    • 'You're turning into a honeypot,' he would say to her: it was a criticism of sins uncommitted, it was jeering as if she were getting above herself, it was a warning, no doubt of that, and there was something else which she could barely fathom, it was hurt at the approaching betrayal, a staving off of loss. 2012, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing The Lines, →ISBN:
    • Wherever the biggest bunch of men were in the room, you could bet Lisa'd be in the middle of them. What a honeypot. 1993, Dana Stabenow, A Fatal Thaw, →ISBN, page 90:
  6. (figuratively, qualifier:computer security) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing ▸ A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.
    • Computer experts install honeypots to trick hackers. 2007 October 12, “Data leak: Cyber sherlocks outwit hackers”, in The Economic Times, retrieved 29 Jun 2008:
  7. (UK, figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing ▸ A draw: a place which attracts visitors.
    • ES's original intention was to run beyond Berlin to the tourist honeypots of Dresden and Prague, but a lack of suitable train paths means that won't be possible until March 2024. 2023 December 13, Ben Jones, “Night train dreams struggle to overcome railway realities”, in RAIL, number 998, page 24:
    • Superb Roman remains, Georgian architecture and countless museums justify Bath's position as a tourist honeypot. 2004 March 13, Bernice Davidson, “England 2004: Bright lights on the water”, in Telegraph.co.uk, retrieved 28 Jun 2008:
  8. (euphemistic, obsolete) A chamber pot.
  9. (euphemistic, obsolete) A slop bucket.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
honeypots Number=Plur lexicographic
honey pot alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

honey-pot ant · honeypot ant

Relateds

honeytrap · honeytoken · honeynet

Synonyms

throne · pee-pee · quim · latrine · axe wound · twinkle · slit · Cousin John · shitbucket · love tunnel · kitty · stool of easement · po · tuppence · love box · sausage wallet · Victoria · Jerry · bonne bouche · can · chamber pot · Virginia · la-la · cunny · potty-chair · sheath · va-jay-jay · necessary stool · moocha · crapper · johnny · crevice · shitcan · vaginer · Grand Canyon · front bottom · front bum · stool · vagina · hoo-ha · girl · cooze · bearded clam · jordan · monosyllable · nonny · pump · muffin · vulva · chemical toilet · muff · piss pot · cookie · Vicky · foo-foo · coin slot · fanny · coochie · strange · stench trench · ginch · penis fly trap · bun · poontang · snatch · wizard's sleeve · minge · wee-wee · pee pot · vag · pisspot · sugar walls · thunder mug · pink bits · toilet · punani · juice box · minnie · snapper · chamber · berk · clunge · guzunder · pink · shitpot · kebab · cavern · front hole · whisker biscuit · box · honeypot · gazunder · mingo · pussy · innie · beaver · trap · cooter · twat · bush · potty · honeypot · honey bucket · jerry · urinal · crack · cunt · gash · pot · john · vertical smile · squish mitten · slop bucket · cooch · vadge · fish lips · commode · pan

Translations (12)

fi hunajapurkki (a pot of honey) · fr pot de miel (a pot of honey) · pl garnek miodu (a pot of honey) · pl przynęta (a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems) · pt honeypot (a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems) · de Honigtopf (a pot of honey) · pt pote de mel (a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems) · hu mézesbödön (a pot of honey) · de Honigtopf (a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems) · fi hunajapurkki (a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems) · pl wabik (a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems) · pt pote de mel (a pot of honey)