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guilt trip

noun

Etymology

From guilt + trip. First use appears c. 1972 in the novel Any Minute I Can Split by Judith Rossner.

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

Definitions

  1. A feeling of shame or embarrassment, especially if self-indulgent, unwarranted,…

    A feeling of shame or embarrassment, especially if self-indulgent, unwarranted, exaggerated or felt over a significant period of time.

    • to go on a guilt trip
    • to send someone on a guilt trip
    • “I know what she’s talking about, too,” Roger said. “But I don’t see any way of getting around it. First of all, I want to make it clear that nobody’s sending me on any guilt trip over my money.”

  2. An act that produces such a feeling.

  3. Alternative form of guilt-trip.

    • It succeeded in portraying environmentalists as guilt tripping, callous and vindictive – exactly the colours in which climate change deniers had been painting them for years.
    • You are always putting him first, even at your own expense. But you do it anyhow either because you feel obligated to, or are manipulated and guilt tripped into it.
    • We are thrust into a world where we have to grow such a thick skin so fast. And when we cope with it in unhealthy ways we are guilt tripped and told we are faking it for attention.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA