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Meaning: (idiomatic)Afeelingofshameorembarrassment, especially ifself-indulgent,unwarranted,exaggeratedorfeltover asignificantperiod of time.to go on aguilt tripto send someone on aguilt trip1972,Judith Rossner,Any Minute I Can Split, New York: McGraw-Hill,→ISBN,page174:“I know what she’s talking about, too,” Roger said. “But I don’t see any way of getting around it. First of all, I want to make it clear that nobody’s sending me on anyguilt tripover my money.”2014November 27, Chad Broughton, “Black Friday, Through the Eyes of Smith and Marx”, inThe Atlantic[1]:Thinking about the origins of our stuff (and stuffing) should not preclude gleeful participation in tomorrow’s free-for-all, nor do I mean to send anyone on aguilt tripfor enjoying traditions old and new.2017April 6, Lisa Ko, “What ‘White’ Food Meant to a First-Generation Kid”, inThe New York Times[2],→ISSN:My parents had survived war and dictatorship before the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 allowed more non-Europeans to immigrate to the United States, and they overcompensated for the austerity of their childhoods by allowing me to consume any food I wanted, with a side ofguilt trip.2018November 3, Robert Millsap, “Are Baby Boomers Being Selfish?”, inThe New York Times[3],→ISSN:I have done my part by paying taxes to sustain payments of anticipated benefits. If Mr. Kramon wants to go on aguilt trip, he can do so, but he is dead wrong that our generation shirked its responsibilities, and, frankly, I am getting tired of listening to this nonsense.2019October 8, Peter Wilson, quoting Dickie Bannenberg, “No One Needs a Superyacht, but They Keep Selling Them”, inThe New York Times[4],→ISSN:“There are a few yacht-based movements and marine foundations, which are sometimes labeled as a yacht-owner’sguilt trip, that are part of the whole environmental conversation going on at the moment,” he added.2020September 1,Alexander Starritt, “‘We Germans,’ Alexander Starritt by the Author: An Excerpt”, inThe New York Times[5],→ISSN:It’s true that I asked my opa some less than tactful questions on that visit. And as for thatguilt tripabout seeing him at least once more, yes, I saw him a bunch more times.; (idiomatic)Anactthatproducessuch afeeling.2013June 27, “Letters: getting over the charitable giving guilt trip”, inThe Guardian[6],→ISSN:I must admit that I personally dislike this form of fundraising and consider it to be one of the worst ways to raise awareness for any charity, the only one worse than this is the ‘knock on the door’ at teatime with the same ‘guilt trip’ message hammered home by the young person in the charity shirt.2017March 24,David Lammy, “Africa deserves better from Comic Relief”, inThe Guardian[7],→ISSN:Sections of the media are culpable of only describing two types of African – powerful and corrupt, or destitute and starving. But Comic Relief’s biennialguilt tripperpetuates these stereotypes and fails to move the debate on in a constructive way.
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