negatrip

English

Etymology

Blend of negative +‎ trip, equivalent to nega- +‎ trip. Compare negawatt.

Noun

negatrip (plural negatrips)

  1. A car trip not taken.
    • 1999, Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution, page 281:
      By creating markets in negamiles and negatrips, society could discover what it's worth to pay people to stay off the roads […]
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