"blue pill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue pills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue pill (plural blue pills)
  1. Synonym of blue mass; a miraculous mercury treatment Synonyms: blue mass [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-blue_pill-en-noun-B63hQEPS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 8 17 9
  2. Ellipsis of little blue pill.; a therapeutic enabling sexual function. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: little blue pill (extra: a therapeutic enabling sexual function) Synonyms: bluepill, blue-pill Derived forms: bluepill, blue-pill, blue pilled, bluepilled, blue-pilled, blue-pilling, blue pilling, bluepilling
    Sense id: en-blue_pill-en-noun-2yLD2CXQ
  3. Antonym of red pill; rejecting the red pill philosophy. Categories (topical): The Matrix
    Sense id: en-blue_pill-en-noun-tRspGLV6 Disambiguation of The Matrix: 4 2 57 37 Categories (other): Fictional materials Disambiguation of Fictional materials: 11 18 43 28

Verb

Forms: blue pills [present, singular, third-person], blue pilling [participle, present], blue pilled [participle, past], blue pilled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} blue pill (third-person singular simple present blue pills, present participle blue pilling, simple past and past participle blue pilled)
  1. (transitive) To reject the red pill philosophy in speaking to someone. Tags: transitive Related terms: black pill, red pill
    Sense id: en-blue_pill-en-verb-UtHQ4qHE

Inflected forms

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