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guilt-trip, v. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈgɪlt trɪp|, U.S. |ˈgɪlt ˌtrɪp|
[‹ guilt trip n.]
1. intr. To experience, or cause another to experience, feelings of guilt or remorse.
1977Spare Rib July 4/1 No guilt-tripping about our lovers, sisters, please. 1994D. Healy Goat's Song xxix. 352 Jail makes all the difference... When I went inside I started guilt-tripping. From day one I was hung up on my son. 1997Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) May 132/3 She never did anything as obvious as boss or bully me, she just subtly suggested, wheedled, huffed or guilt-tripped until, bit by bit, I was trapped.
2. trans. To instil or attempt to instil feelings of guilt or remorse in (a person), often in order to induce him or her into a particular course of action.
[1978Washington Post (Nexis) 19 July e3 In one skit, there is a scene of a guilt-tripping ‘game show’ in which mother and daughter each try to make the other feel more guilty.] 1980S. Sommer Lifetime 56 How come you're always guilt-trippin' me? 1991J. O'Connor Cowboys & Indians (1992) 125 Oh man, don't guilt trip me, don't get righteous on me now. 1994C. Paglia Vamps & Tramps 55 Bookish white-collar men..are the only ones in the world who actually listen to feministic rhetoric and can be guilt-tripped into trying to obey it. 2000Guardian 13 Dec. (Society section) 7 (caption) Do you seriously think someone as emotionally manipulative and devious..is going to pass up the chance to guilt trip me? |