Meaning of blue pill | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of blue mass (“pill of prepared mercury”).
   historical
2. A pill of sildenafil (Viagra), used to treat erectile dysfunction.
   slang
3. Rejection of the red pill philosophy.

Examples

“He scarcely knew a single soul in the metropolis: and were it not for his doctor, and the society of his blue-pill, and his liver complaint, he must have died of loneliness.”

“"[…] I'm getting old and it doesn't agree with me. I know I'll be fearfully cranky by the time I'm sixty. But perhaps all I need is a course of blue pills."”

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