silly pill

noun

A hypothetical pill that makes those who take it behave in a silly manner.

“You're all wound up today! Who gave you the silly pill?”

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Meanings

nounsilly pill (plural silly pills)

plural silly pills

  1. humorousA hypothetical pill that makes those who take it behave in a silly manner.

    You're all wound up today! Who gave you the silly pill?

    3 more examples

    They need to take a silly pill from time to time, and just let themselves get down on their children's level.

    2003, Thomas Kinkade with Nanette Kinkade and Larry Libby, The Many Loves of Parenting, page 133

    The Republican Party must have taken a silly pill to think it will continue to have support from veterans and retirees while relentlessly assaulting ...

    2004 January 9, Colorado Springs Gazette

    This wildly inventive piece of social satire may go down like a big old silly pill. But after the madness and mayhem, "Meds" leaves an acidic aftertaste.

    2007 November 9, “THEATER REVIEW: Laughs help bitter meds go down”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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