blue pill
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blue pill
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(rejection of the red pill): From a scene in the film The Matrix (1999), where the main character, who lives in a virtual world known as the Matrix, is given a choice between a red pill that will allow him to learn the truth about the Matrix and a blue pill that will return him to his simulated life.
noun blue pills · bluepill · blue-pill
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Synonym of blue mass (“pill of prepared mercury”).
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.
Similar: blue mass
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A pill of sildenafil (Viagra), used to treat erectile dysfunction.
Similar: bluey, little blue pill
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Rejection of the red pill philosophy.
Opposite: red pill
verb blue pills · blue pilling · blue pilled · bluepill · blue-pill
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To reject the red pill philosophy.
Opposite: red pill
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title = {blue pill},
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