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bad trip

noun

Etymology

From bad + trip, first use appears c. 1966 in the periodical Life.

  1. derived from trippen — “to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”
  2. derived from triper
  3. derived from trippen
  4. compounded as bad trip — “bad + trip”

Definitions

  1. An acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of…

    An acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.

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