Chris Hemsworth probably knows some words that you don’t.
If a friend is acting weird, the Australian-born actor might call them a ‘bogan.’ What we’d call a Speedo might to him be a ‘budgie smuggler.’
But there are some slang words that are just universal… or so we thought.
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Apparently the middle Hemsworth brother has no idea what ‘thirst trap’ is, and neither does his team.
When an interviewer brought up the phrase, Hemsworth cocked his head to the side and asked, “Thirst trap? Thirst trap? What is that? Tell me, this is fascinating.”
But that’s not even the oddest part of the exchange. After posing the question, someone on Hemsworth’s team jumped to explain to him what a ‘thirst trap’ is.
Except they used this photo of Chris’ brother, Liam, as the example:
That led Chris to put the pieces together as best he could, landing on this definition for ‘thirst trap’:
“Oh, so it’s like, you’re trying to play it down like it’s casual. Thirst trap. HAHA! Ok. We’ll try to get more of those going.”
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Chris, if you’re reading this (he’s not reading this), these are thirst traps:
Josh447
I’ve only seen thirst trap used by gay guys hence Hemsworth wouldn’t know. Big deal, now he does.
MacAdvisor
Not knowing the term myself, I looked it up: “A thirst trap is a sexy photo posted on social media to attract attention. It can also refer to a person considered sexy—a social-media crush.”
Hussain-TheCanadian
I want Chris to be my pool boy for a day and I’ll “teach” him everything he needs to know about being a thirst traps.
judysdad
I didn’t know what it was either. Now I do.
sonic_source
Wow. Looks like being the God of Thunder is hard work. I think I’ll settle for being the God of Pringles.
Bradley
I’ve heard/read the term and had no f***ing clue what a thirst trap was. I didn’t really care. And now that I know, I still don’t care.
RIGay
I am a gay male, and have been out since 1989, and honestly, outside of this blog, I have never heard the phrase before. I suspected it was just one of those “trendy” millennial-like phrases invented to sound hip and woke.
This blog entry has proven me correct.
batesmotel
That’s not unusual. I’ve never heard of a thirst trap. Those are phrases that are only known to a small group of people that could likely be found on grindr or something to that effect.
Man About Town
Like everyone else here, I never heard of thirst trap until now, which makes it quite bizarre that anyone would find it “impossible” for any person anywhere to not be familiar with it.
justgeo
I us’da think it meant hungry piss sucker/drinker!