trip

trip, experience (slang)

noun TREEP Rare

Origin: English loanword 'trip'

Also means

drug-induced experience

Usage Note

Trip is a direct borrowing from English and is used informally in French to mean both a journey/adventure and — more specifically in youth slang — a mind-altering experience. C'est son trip means 'that's his thing' or 'he's really into that.' It is fully masculine in French and stays invariable in spelling.

Examples

"C'est vraiment son trip, la musique électro."

Natural Translation

Electronic music is really his thing.

Literal Translation

That's really his trip, electronic music.

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