Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gumption trap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: gump-tion -trap
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An event or mindset that can cause a person to lose enthusiasm and become discouraged from starting or continuing a project.

Informal

Example Sentences

"There are hundreds of different kinds of gumption traps, maybe thousands, maybe millions. I have no way of knowing how many I don't know. I know it seems as though I've stumbled into every kind of gumption trap imaginable."

Etymology

Coined by Robert M. Pirsig in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974).

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

gumption traps (plural)

Questions

What does gumption trap mean?: An event or mindset that can cause a person to lose enthusiasm and become discouraged from starting or continuing a project.
Where does gumption trap come from?: Coined by Robert M. Pirsig in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974).

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