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trip sitter

noun

Etymology

Of trip (“period of drug-induced reverie”) + sitter (“one who watches or tends something”). Attested from the 20th century; see quotations below.

  1. inherited from sitter
  2. compounded as trip sitter — “trip + sitter”

Definitions

  1. A person who watches over a person who is using drugs.

    • As a psychedelic researcher, she was a “trip sitter” the straight person charting drug trips and documenting the findings.
    • Trip sitters are especially handy for your first few psychedelic experiences, or if you’re planning on taking a moderate to high dose.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for trip sitter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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