Meaning of crash pad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any place used for temporary lodging, especially without payment or permission.
2. A place of temporary lodging for airline flight crews.
3. A protective foam pad placed on the ground, used as protection in case of falling from the wall.
4. A room where one can recover after a bad trip.
   slang

Examples

“The first officer did not have a crash pad in the EWR area. A captain who had flown with the first officer when she was based at ORF stated that she planned to stay overnight at hotels once she began commuting from SEA to EWR. According to a cargo air carrier captain who met the first officer in December 2008 while they were jumpseat passengers, the first officer stated that she did not need a crash pad at EWR because she could stay in the crew lounge.”

“They may then go to a hippie clinic crash pad to be "talked down."”

“Ideally, he could be referred to a nearby "crash pad" where a peer "guide" that he should have taken with him on his trip to begin with could bring him back to sanity in a safe, but nonmedical environment.”

“Because of the fear of a bad trip (a bummer), many LSD users will not take the drug except in controlled settings or in a crash pad.”

“One lovely scene in his bachelor apartment-turned-crash-pad is dominated by a 300-pound man having a bad trip on LSD, amid countless other frenzied happenings.”

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