Why Certain Types of Traps are Called Booby Traps

It turns out this has nothing to do with the mammaries of the fairer sex, but rather has its origins in the Spanish word “bobo,” meaning “stupid,” “fool,” or “naïve.” This Spanish word in turn comes from the Latin “balbus” meaning “stammering”, which to the Romans was thought to be a sign of stupidity. So, essentially, a “booby trap” is []

Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: SNAFU: Booby Traps (1944)

Booby traps reported along bike trails in Cameron Park

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Some of the booby Traps used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam

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A soldier looks on a replica of a Viet Cong booby trap that is

Forest Service Officer James Schoeffler Discovers Booby Traps

Three arrested for booby trap on bike path

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Why Certain Types of Traps are Called Booby Traps