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Vinony

honeypot

noun

  1. computer security mechanism; consists of data that appears to be a legitimate part of the site, but is actually isolated and monitored, and that seems to contain information or a resource of value to attackers, who are then blocked and/or analyzed
  2. one that is attractive or desirable
  3. a substantial source of money
  4. a tourist destination that attracts high visitor numbers
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Wiktionary

noun

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

  1. A pot of honey.
  2. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
  3. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing

    “"[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.”

  4. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing

    “And the American Embassy in Moscow was infiltrated thanks to “honeypots,” Soviet women who seduced Marine guards.”

    “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.”

  5. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing

    “Wherever the biggest bunch of men were in the room, you could bet Lisa'd be in the middle of them. What a honeypot.”

    “'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.”

  6. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing

    “Computer experts install honeypots to trick hackers.”

  7. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing

    “Superb Roman remains, Georgian architecture and countless museums justify Bath's position as a tourist honeypot.”

    “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.”

  8. A chamber pot.
  9. A slop bucket.