Etymograph

English

guilt trip

From guilt + trip.

A compound of guilt + trip

Old English gylt ‘guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault’

Middle English gilt

English guilt

Middle English trippen ‘to step lightly, skip’

English trip

The story

First use appears c. 1972 in the novel Any Minute I Can Split by Judith Rossner.

Today it means

noun A feeling of shame or embarrassment, especially if self-indulgent, unwarranted, exaggerated or felt over a significant period of time.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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