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guilt-trippy en · ADJ

Etymology

From guilt trip + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Intended to induce a sense of guilt or shame.
   • Folding tables were scattered about the plaza, each covered with stickers and buttons bearing guilt-trippy — or even nonsensical—slogans like "Bicycle for clean air" and "DON'T BE AN SOV!" 2002, Chris Carlsson, Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration, →ISBN, page 100:
   • Do you make a big, guilt-trippy show of blaming yourself? 2008, Martha I. Finney, The Truth about Getting the Best from People, →ISBN, page 154:
   • “The rest of us managed to make it,” I'd say, aware of how old and guilt-trippy I sounded. 2014, Paul Theroux, Jason Wilson, The Best American Travel Writing 2014, →ISBN, page 168:

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