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1. (noun) Something that makes one start hallucinating. A word usually used whilst the user is under the influence of psychotic drugs, e.g. LSD, ketamine etc
2. (noun) Something/someone out of the ordinary; an abnormality

The use of the word is often accompanied by a hand-gesture, where one flattens out both palms vertically and makes small 'karate chops' in the air with one's wrists - a reference to a form of rave-dancing, often performed by ravers who are normally high on psychotic drugs and are likely to be 'tripping out' i.e.hallucinating.
"Dude, Finding Nemo is a tripout when you're on mushrooms!"

"I can't handle him when he's got issues in his life...he's too much of a tripout"

"You arrived at work 2 hours early?! Tripout"

"Why does that guy have white hair and black eyebrows, it's a tripout"

"The total eclipse is the biggest tripout I've ever seen"

"Those DJs were playing some seriously tripout psy-trance music!"

"Stop being such a tripout!"

"Britney used to be such a hot popstar - but now she's just become a tripout"

"I hate silent discos - the whole thing is a tripout"

"How on earth do you know my grandmother? I've only just met you?! That is such a tripout!"

"It's a tripout that McCain managed to win as many votes as he did with that nutbag woman by his side!"
Tripout by GurnGurnGurn March 24, 2009
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A tribute to someone who is no longer around. Hence, the abbreviation RIP.
tRIPute by wmschwartz November 11, 2012
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That acid made me trip out bad.
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trip out 

To behave in an erratic fashion, as if under the influence of mind-bending drugs.
I would trip out if aliens landed on earth.
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trip - out 

when someone gets so high they have no idea what is going on
trip - out by C wizz February 20, 2003

Tripotude 

(Noun) The feeling you get after you reach a destination you've been longing to travel from a long time.
Tripotude hit Samantha as she travelled to the mountains of the Alps.
Jonathan was on a tripotude after reaching the zenith of Mount Everest.
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Tripotude 

(n.) A feeling of longing to be on a trip.
Melissa's friend suggested visiting New York and ease up on her tripotude.
Tripotude by James_White June 23, 2021