Meaning & use
Trippy
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Causing or resembling the surreal, distorted sensory effects of a psychedelic drug experience.
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The music video featured trippy visuals with swirling colors and warping shapes.
After staring at the optical illusion for too long, everything started to look trippy.
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Originally coined in 1960s counterculture slang from "trip," meaning a psychedelic drug experience; it has since broadened to describe anything strange or disorienting.
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