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Another name taken from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan], this time from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.M.S._Pinafore ''HMS Pinafore''] (1878). When the Female Relations of Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty, board the ship, they sing, "Gaily tripping,/ Lightly skipping,/ Flock the maidens to the shipping." ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiDsxbqV3rw Have a listen...]) The name is not without psychedelic overtones reminiscent of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Pranksters Merry Pranksters]. [[Sir Joseph's Barge is Seen|Read the lyrics...]]
ALSO, in Pynchon's 2025 novel ''Shadow Ticket'' we have [https://shadowticket.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=D#glow Glow Tripforth del Vasto], "to trip forth" having basically the same meaning as "gaily tripping," both rather archaic phrases meaning to move lightly, happily, and with a dancing or skipping step.
290.16 '''A Soviet intelligence officer named Tchitcherine'''<br>
