A frightening or otherwise very unpleasant experience, as in Given the poor turnout, her book tour was a bad trip. The term comes from drug slang of the mid-1900s, where it meant experiencing hallucinations, pain, or other terrible effects from taking a drug, especially LSD. It was then extended to any extremely unpleasant experience.
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 | trip (Idiom) |
| Mad River (1968 Album by Mad River) |
| Death Is a Bad Trip (1974 Mystery Film) |
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