guilt-trippy

English

Etymology

From guilt trip +‎ -y.

Adjective

guilt-trippy (comparative more guilt-trippy, superlative most guilt-trippy)

1. (informal) Intended to induce a sense of guilt or shame in others.
   • 2002, Chris Carlsson, Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration, →ISBN, page 100:

     Folding tables were scattered about the plaza, each covered with stickers and buttons bearing guilt-trippy — or even nonsensical—slogans like "Bicycle for clean air" and "DON'T BE AN SOV!"

   • 2008, Martha I. Finney, The Truth about Getting the Best from People, →ISBN, page 154:

     Do you make a big, guilt-trippy show of blaming yourself?

   • 2014, Paul Theroux, Jason Wilson, The Best American Travel Writing 2014, →ISBN, page 168:

     “The rest of us managed to make it,” I'd say, aware of how old and guilt-trippy I sounded.