trip tic

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why tic? Is it from ticket perhaps?”)

Noun

trip tic (plural trip tics)

A map, with the route to follow highlighted.
- 1974, Scouting, page 44:
  Their guide will also consult an index card file in the map room, known as the "trip tics" file.
- 1979, Church and Synagogue Libraries - Volumes 13-15:
  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.
- 2004, John Barnett, Discipline Yourself for Godliness: The Power of A Word Filled Life, →ISBN:
  He says Your Word, God I have laid before me--- kind of like the treasure map or the trip tic of my life.
- 2010, Leonard Sweet, AquaChurch 2.0: Piloting Your Church in Today's Fluid Culture, →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.