purple pill

noun

An esomeprazole tablet, taken to reduce stomach acidity.

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Meanings

nounpurple pill (plural purple pills)

plural purple pills

  1. An esomeprazole tablet, taken to reduce stomach acidity.
  2. incel slangA philosophy that rejects both the red pill and the blue pill and instead opts for a moderate approach.

    The purple pill is the incel version of centrism.

    2019 June 11, “The Extremist Medicine Cabinet: A Guide to Online “Pills””, in ADL

Origin

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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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with purple pill

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Cite this entry
APA

purple pill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purple%20pill

MLA

“purple pill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purple%20pill. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purple pill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purple%20pill.

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