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trippy

trippy

Date: Aug 03 2006

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“It’s great to be able to talk to him about what’s going on, because so much of it is weird and trippy.”

- Matt Damon talking to the Boston Globe about his friendship with movie actor Ben Affleck.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

bizarre, very strange, out of the ordinary
(Trippy was originally related to drug use. When a person was on drugs, they were “on a trip” and experiencing strange things as a result.)

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Trippy is a great word to use if you want to sound like an authentic English speaker. If you experience something that makes you feel strange, it was a trippy experience. If you see something that looks very weird, it looks trippy. There are a variety of ways to use this adjective.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

””That is a trippy painting. The colors look weird together. I don’t think I like it.”“

””When I was traveling in Japan, I saw my friend Jane. It was really trippy. I can’t believe I saw her there.”“

””That was a trippy movie. Did you like it? I think it was good. It really made me think about life and death.”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

kai_ng1 the feeling like after taking drug
by kai_ng1
Like if he were on a "trip" (on drugs)
by destesabad
tricky, maybe?
by hopeshine
something interesting or exciting
by liujinhibox
kenien strange; unclear; can't be understood
by kenien
trippy probably means confused about something....or being disarranged...
by pinkyvioletta
like destiny
by freetofly_th
kinda weird n not normal feeling which makes people feel unreal
by cheesetomato
hallucinatory and mysterious
by sunny_laiting
monicalo something out of the ordinary weird, but comical, strange, odd maybe it is suitable to descirbe your behavior. ^0^
by monicalo
anne123fm hallucinatory.
by anne123fm
Turmeric Fascinating, thrilling, cute
by Turmeric
christylx Same as the word "weird". It's like you take drugs and go on a "trip" and thus feel "trippy".
by christylx
Vitamin C it seems not to be real, but hallucinatory..
by Vitamin C
sibolga Trippy is overloading of the senses, or psychedelic
by sibolga
stupid
by runnerdx
crazy or wierd
by byan
trippy; crazy, cool, strange
by Starting Over
can't imagine
by zhong jian
that is uneasy to talk with him
by huma
trippy means wonderful
by thuhuong
trippy means unstable or producing an effect resembling that of a psychedelic bdrug.
by mohammad ahsan ullah
krant unexpectable or different
by krant
trippy is interesting
by Josievn
to be unclear
by love212
scary
by ben4
It means "interesting"
by il teachesseur
"Trippy" could mean "amusing or unusual".
by glauce_gama2006
xiahong fancy, unbelievable
by xiahong
cool,amazing
by valley ranch
something thing that is out of ordinary, strange or odd
by anamika
yorzi amazing and wonderful in experience
by yorzi
XPER sth unbelievable,and can make u get the illusion
by XPER
halucinating
by david barcenas diaz
crazy
by aussieattacker
chiuwoo an unexplained reaction from a person
by chiuwoo
taxing,punishing,laborious or hard to understand.
by Zoeann

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so young

so young

Saudi Arabia

good lesson …

09:24 AM Dec 30 2007 |

Mészáros Alexandra

Hungary

Hello in Hungary

07:40 AM Dec 13 2007 |

Iaroslava

Ukraine

oh! its so trippy, i’ve slept only 2 hours but i feel great now!!!

11:58 AM Nov 27 2007 |

icingblue813

China

It is really trippy,though we are apart just two weeks,it seems that already half a year~

01:30 AM Oct 18 2007 |

paulie

China

trippy is something weird or strange when you finds sth beyong your imagination

12:22 PM Oct 11 2007 |

oh_sexygirl

Thailand

oooo!!! that’s so trippy!!! Today, I didn’t sleep in mathemetics class!!

02:42 PM Aug 03 2006 |

krirkbodin

krirkbodin

Thailand

Tomorrow I have to go on a sport game..to cheer my team … It’d be trippy.. really..

11:51 AM Aug 03 2006 |

KOMOO

KOMOO

Taiwan

It’s a trippy word.

09:23 AM Aug 03 2006 |

emai

emai

Philippines

If I’d never been searching this page now, I would have missed one trippy word like this!

07:14 AM Aug 03 2006 |

rayne

China

got a new lesson, finally.

01:58 AM Aug 03 2006 |

yorzi

yorzi

China

Pretty good.

01:28 AM Aug 03 2006 |

teddy008

teddy008

China

“He must be trippy!”when zidane hit the Materazzi in the final of World Cup

12:49 AM Aug 03 2006 |

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