where does the term "Trip" come from?

[Solar Jetman]

Hi all.

Got a silly question to ask but does anyone know where the term "trip" or "tripping" came from?

I like the idea that it came from the word "tryptamine" but I have a feeling I might be wrong.

Cheers

 

[cyb]

Trip=Journey...

 

[JourneyToJah]

Yes, it comes from the word journey

Trip is used for all substances not just tryptamines

 

[Solar Jetman]

My friend suggests that it means journey as well. I'm trying to find out if when term was first used in the past coincides with the discovery of tryptamines.

I know this thread might seem pointless but me and my mate have had some friendly banter today over it. And you guys know a lot more than me about the subject.

 

[deadlight]

i read somewhere that it came from the paperwork for the MK Ultra experiments

 

[cyb]

An answer here

trip | Etymology of trip by etymonline

"tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance, caper," from Old French triper "jump… See origin and meaning of trip.

www.etymonline.com

trip (n.)
"act or action of tripping," 1650s, from trip (v.); sense of "a short journey or voyage" is from 1690s, originally a nautical term, the connection is uncertain. The meaning "psychedelic drug experience" is first recorded 1959 as a noun; the verb in this sense is from 1966, from the noun

 

[Solar Jetman]

An answer here

trip | Etymology of trip by etymonline

"tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance, caper," from Old French triper "jump… See origin and meaning of trip.

www.etymonline.com

trip (n.)
"act or action of tripping," 1650s, from trip (v.); sense of "a short journey or voyage" is from 1690s, originally a nautical term, the connection is uncertain. The meaning "psychedelic drug experience" is first recorded 1959 as a noun; the verb in this sense is from 1966, from the noun

ahhh ok. Thanks cyb.

 

[Botanical Bliss]

This thread reminds me of a time being on acid camping and going to get wood in the dark and tripping over something. "I'm tripping while tripping!" I said. lol :d Was so much more funny at the time

 

[Anthimus]

The term "trip" used in the context of psychedelics was started by scientists in the US Army Chemical Corps to describe an LSD session (Lee, Shlain 1994).

 

[Infundibulum]

The term trip comes from the fact that under the effect of psychedelics you just cannot help bumping onto other objects and tripping over, occasionally injuring yourself in which case a trip to the emergency room might be necessary.

 

[universecannon]

The translation was lost centuries ago...however some scholars maintain that it originally meant "whales vagina"

 

[Global]

The translation was lost centuries ago...however some scholars maintain that it originally meant "whales vagina"

Actually I believe 'trip' means "Saint Diego"

 

[AllIsDistraction]

The translation was lost centuries ago...however some scholars maintain that it originally meant "whales vagina"

Actually I believe 'trip' means "Saint Diego"

Let's just agree to disagree.