trip tic

/ˈtɹɪp.tɪk/

noun

A map, with the route to follow highlighted.

Meanings

nountrip tic (plural trip tics)

plural trip tics

  1. A map, with the route to follow highlighted.

    Their guide will also consult an index card file in the map room, known as the "trip tics" file.

    1974, Scouting, page 44
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    When they read two books and turned in a written report they were given a trip tic for the next town (including information about the town with Scripture references) and a dot was placed on the map to indicate that they had visited there.

    1979, Church and Synagogue Libraries - Volumes 13-15

    He says Your Word, God I have laid before me--- kind of like the treasure map or the trip tic of my life.

    2004, John Barnett, Discipline Yourself for Godliness: The Power of A Word Filled Life, →ISBN

    Every team needs a mission. This mission may or may not come with a handy "plan" or highlighted "trip-tic" attached. they're going.

    2010, Leonard Sweet, AquaChurch 2.0: Piloting Your Church in Today's Fluid Culture, →ISBN

Origin

Likely a genericized form of AAA's TripTik travel planners, developed in 1937; the original product may be a pun on triptych or a shortened form of trip ticket.

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APA

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Chicago

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