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noun
Synonym of blue mass (“pill of prepared mercury”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: blue mass
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noun
A pill of sildenafil (Viagra), used to treat erectile dysfunction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: bluey, little blue pill
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noun
Rejection of the red pill philosophy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: red pill
verb
To reject the red pill philosophy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: red pill
History
(rejection of the red pill): From a scene in the film The Matrix (1999), where the main character, who lives in a virtual world known as the Matrix, is given a choice between a red pill that will allow him to learn the truth about the Matrix and a blue pill that will return him to his simulated life.
