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purple pill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
pur-ple pill
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An esomeprazole tablet, taken to reduce stomach acidity.

noun

A philosophy that rejects both the red pill and the blue pill and instead opts for a moderate approach.

Example Sentences

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.

Inflected Forms

purple pills (plural)

Derived Forms

purplepiller

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does purple pill mean?
An esomeprazole tablet, taken to reduce stomach acidity.
Where does purple pill come from?
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.

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