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!"