Definitions
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- adjective Of or associated with psychedelic drugs.
- adjective Resembling or evoking the perceptions induced by psychedelic drugs.
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- adjective strange, similar to the effects of a
hallucinogen
Etymologies
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Examples
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Well Alice did eat shrooms, so lookin all trippy is ok with me
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - So what do YOU think of the Alice in WL teaser? 2009
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But it's best known as a trippy Rock & Roll club in the late 1960s and early '70s operated by the flamboyant Jim Tarbell, who decades later became Cincinnati's vice mayor.
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The crowd that gathered for the event, which recalled the trippy music and dancing lights in
Soccerway.com 2009
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I guess with the commentaries, looking back, I guess because the show was so long ago, was that kind of trippy?
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Sarah Silverman Is a Delightfully Strange Person! 2010
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It was kind of trippy being on the other end,because I can remember coming home late at night or whatever at 2:00 or 3:00, 4:00 in the morning from wherever, and slowing down and seeing those workers.
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This will be beneficial to some stoner bro living in Silverlake who saw Heart of Glass on shrooms, thought it was 'trippy' and decided to make films whichever down and dirty way he can.
Werner Herzog Plans to Create the Best Film School in the Universe | /Film 2009
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The opening credits were kind of trippy, and Rick decided to tape it.
ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009
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Considered by many the ultimate "dance drug," X is often described as less disturbingly "trippy" than LSD and more serene than cocaine, which are considered cruder drugs.
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However, the movie became a popular hit due to its basic storyline about a murderous computer and its 'trippy' end sequence.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke Has Passed Away Adam Whitehead 2008
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*Another modern "trippy" movie which I didn't like as much is The Fountain.
Alex Proyas Tackling Robert Heinlein's Unpleasant Profession « FirstShowing.net 2008
born2badored commented on the word trippy
see bongo bongo land
December 6, 2006
amun.x commented on the word trippy
something that causes a form of psycodelic flashes. normally involving colours and flashing lights. see lsd, acid and trips.
September 22, 2008
bilby commented on the word trippy
Rhymes with hippy.
October 27, 2008
harmonygritz commented on the word trippy
A fresh, solipsistic look at trippy from http://mimiandeunice.com/2011/09/28/whoa-trippy/
September 28, 2011
AlithzaLopez commented on the word trippy
Go See Malcolm.
September 28, 2011
danicaarterburn commented on the word trippy
I dont remember seeing this in the book the Outliers.
October 5, 2011