head trip

noun

Slang.

1. a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.

2. ego trip.

Word History and Origins

Origin of head trip¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

When you have to constantly be going in an MRI or these different machines, the radiation machines — that’s a head trip, to go get radiated every day.

From Los Angeles Times

Many of us who watched grisly Ryan Murphy’s head trip from start to finish are still trying to figure out what it’s trying to say.

From Salon

Decades ago, my immature first reading of this moment viewed Dream's ordeal as simply the inciting incident in an epic odyssey that's equal parts head trip and road trip.

From Salon

The result is the stuff of silly slapstick rather than a full-Cage head trip.

From Washington Post

If that wasn't enough of a head trip, Harrow and some of Ammit's followers find the couple before they can talk further.

From Salon