purple pill

English

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.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

purple pill (plural purple pills)

  1. An esomeprazole tablet, taken to reduce stomach acidity.
  2. (incel slang) A philosophy that rejects both the red pill and the blue pill and instead opts for a moderate approach.
    • 2019 November 6, “The Extremist Medicine Cabinet: A Guide to Online “Pills””, in ADL‎[1]:
      The purple pill is the incel version of centrism.

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