blue pill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blue pill
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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For Cosm, it’s the early days, but it’s a vision that needs neither a red nor blue pill.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025
They could have taken the blue pill and lived in peace but instead they still chose the red pill, he says of Neo and rest, to play the heroes.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024
The blue pill offered the chance to remain in his comfortable fantasy world, believing whatever he wants to believe.
From Washington Times • Jan. 5, 2022
Pop the blue pill and return to life as Mr Anderson blissfully unaware of the matrix, the simulated world created to covertly enslave humanity.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2021
It is poisonous, and is used in medicine in the free state as in blue pill, and in its compounds as calomel, corrosive sublimate, etc.
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