bad trip

An intense and unpleasant psychological experience, usually resulting from the ingestion of psychedelic drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD, or "acid"). I had a real bad trip last night, I'll never do drugs again.

bad trip

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.

bad trip

1. n. a bad experience with a drug. (Drugs.) My first trip was a bad trip, and I never took another.

2. n. any bad experience or person. Harry can be such a bad trip.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ealair	-	Scottish
Khanpasha	-	Chechen
Feidhlimidh	-	Irish
Ruben	RUY-bən (Dutch)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Armenian, Biblical Latin
Haylie	HAY-lee	English (Modern)
ÉOwyn	AY-ə-win (English)	Literature