"purple pill" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-purple pill.wav Forms: purple pills [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: From an advertising slogan for the branded version, Nexium. The incel sense is from a mix of the colors red and blue, modeled after red pill and blue pill. Head templates: {{en-noun}} purple pill (plural purple pills)
  1. An esomeprazole tablet, taken to reduce stomach acidity.
    Sense id: en-purple_pill-en-noun-GNaZr~6O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. (incel slang) A philosophy that rejects both the red pill and the blue pill and instead opts for a moderate approach.
    Sense id: en-purple_pill-en-noun-8VxUIqi1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: purplepiller

Inflected forms

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