trap house
A house used as a base for selling drugs.
Definitions
A house — usually rented, abandoned or grandma-owned — used as the operating base for selling drugs. Specifically Atlanta crack-era terminology that the trap rap genre is literally named after.
Loosely, any grimy hangout that vibes like one — messy apartment, weed smoke, randoms coming in and out. Used jokingly far outside the actual context.
trap house In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
Atlanta, late 1990s / early 2000s. Cemented in the lexicon by Gucci Mane's 'Trap House' (2005) and T.I.'s 'Trap Muzik' (2003).
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