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A tar pit is a geological occurrence where subterranean bitumen leaks to the surface, creating a large puddle, pit, or lake of asphalt.
Tarpit may also refer to:
- "Tar Pit" (Land of the Lost), an episode of the 1974 series Land of the Lost
- Tar Pit (comics), a fictional supervillain in DC Comics
- Tarpit (networking), information security and anti-spam techniques in networking
- Turing tarpit, a type of programming language