Etymograph

English

robotrip

Blend of Robitussin + -o- + trip.

Formed from -o- + trip

Middle English trippen ‘to step lightly, skip’

English trip

Today it means

verb To take the antitussive drug dextromethorphan recreationally.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “robotrip”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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