tripster

English

Etymology

From trip +‎ -ster.

Noun

tripster (plural tripsters)

1. (informal) A user of psychoactive drugs.
   • 1969, Addictions, volume 13, page 46:

     If the tripsters were frankly groping, stumbling, searching, seeking, growing, and eventually finding some way back to this world — in short, if they were genuinely open — I would feel differently.

   • 1994, Douglas Rushkoff, Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace:

     Inklings of what this dimension may be like come to us through the experience of computer hackers and psychedelic tripsters, who think of themselves not as opposite ends of the spectrum of human activity but as a synergistic congregation of creative thinkers bringing the tools of high technology and advanced spirituality into the living rooms of the general public.

   • 2010, Mark Christensen, Acid Christ, page 191:

     They are responsible for the truck fleet and especially aware of the economic strain if trucks are miss-used by tripsters.

   • 2017, Gregory Lane, Bloodship: Victor Four:

     The freaked out tripster was well wrapped up in two soaking wet sheets.

See also

• addict
• junkie

Anagrams

• Perritts