"pinkpill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pinkpills [plural]
Etymology: pink + pill, after the pattern of red pill. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pink|pill}} pink + pill, {{m|en|red pill}} red pill Head templates: {{en-noun}} pinkpill (plural pinkpills)
  1. (incel slang) A notional pill taken by femcels (female incels) who have adopted a nihilistic philosophy that unattractive women will never be sexually or romantically successful. Categories (topical): Female
    Sense id: en-pinkpill-en-noun-Seqpdhtu Disambiguation of Female: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53
  2. (incel slang) A notional pill taken by those who have adopted a belief that as unattractive men they would be more attractive as trans women. Categories (topical): Incel community, Transgender
    Sense id: en-pinkpill-en-noun-E4pwSiua Disambiguation of Incel community: 33 67 Disambiguation of Transgender: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: black pill (english: nihilistic male incel philosophy)

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