Benadryl

English

Etymology

Marketing name. From benzhydryl diethylaminoethyl ether.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛnədɹɪl/

Noun

Benadryl (countable and uncountable, plural Benadryls)

  1. An antihistamine medication used to stop allergies or as a sleep aid.
    • 2022 October 30, Kari Paul, “What TikTok does to your mental health: ‘It’s embarrassing we know so little’”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      The “Benadryl challenge”, wherein participants took a large amount of antihistamines in an attempt to produce hallucinogenic effects, led to at least one death.
    • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎[2], Hachette, →ISBN:
      Reading his posts as posted, sitting in my NOBE studio, railing Benadryls, getting progressively less attractive to ex bae due to domestic overexposure, I was rapt.
    • 2024, Miranda July, All Fours‎[3], Canongate Books, →ISBN:
      The Benadryl was for sleep, not allergies. I'd been having this thing where I woke up every night at two a.m.
    • 2025 July 15, Simar Bajaj, “Does Benadryl Do More Harm Than Good?”, in The New York Times‎[4], →ISSN:
      Benadryl, ZzzQuil and other drugs with diphenhydramine can also make you drowsy, since histamine helps the brain stay alert, said Dr. Zachary Rubin, an Illinois-based allergist and author of the upcoming book, “All About Allergies.”

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