Pepto Bismol

A form of Pepto-Bismol — A brand of medicine used to treat nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach and diarrhea, and having a bright pink color.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativetrademarkAlternative form of Pepto-Bismol.

    I needed some Pepto Bismol; I was experiencing a serious case of ideological vertigo.

    2000, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Dangerous Border Crossers: The Artist Talks Back, page 120
    2 more examples

    […] such moderately priced oddities as the bizarrely decorated Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo or the Pepto Bismol-hued Tickle Pink Inn in Carmel Highlands.

    1994, Leah Bendavid-Val, editor, National Geographic: The Photographs, page 443

    As I held him up so he could "help me", he said, "Listen, Jimmy, you take some Pepto Bismol, do a little coke and then let Manfred show you the best of the boys in New York.

    1992, James Melson, The Golden Boy, page 69

Origin

From the trademark Pepto-Bismol.

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APA

Pepto Bismol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pepto%20Bismol

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“Pepto Bismol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pepto%20Bismol. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pepto Bismol,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pepto%20Bismol.

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