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trippy

adjective/ˈtɹɪ.pi/

What It Means

Strange, surreal, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen.

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Trippy in Context

“Arguably, without Jones, Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-74) would not have revolutionised British TV comedy. He was key in developing the show’s distinctively trippy, stream-of-consciousness format, where each surreal set-up (the Lumberjack Song, the upper-class twit of the year show, the dead...”

— 2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian

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From trip (“psychedelic trip”) + -y.

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