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white pill

American  
[wahyt pil] / ˈwaɪt ˈpɪl /

noun

plural

white pills
  1. Slang. something that makes someone hopeful about their personal future or about changing society for the better. Compare black pill.


verb (used with object)

white-pilled, white-pilling
  1. Slang. Often, white-pill, to persuade someone to adopt an optimistic worldview.

Other Word Forms

  • white-pilled adjective

Example Sentences

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Blackwell further accused Fowler of jumping to conclusions and suggesting to the jury that Floyd had a white pill in his mouth in the video of his arrest.

From Washington Times

Officers later determined the blue pills were oxycodone, an opioid prescribed to ease pain, and the white pill was Xanax, a prescription anti-anxiety drug, authorities said.

From Washington Times

But this announcement, staged in front of a mock pharmacy, with blue bins full of white pill bottles, comes at a delicate time.

From New York Times

In “The Schooldays of Jesus,” his guardians enlist a tutor, who tries to explain numbers to David by putting a white pill next to a white pill and a red pen next to a blue pen to show that each set shares the common property of twoness.

From New York Times

The muscled, spray-tanned and self-described “Genius Entrepreneur” cupped a white pill in his palm, then told his 2.4 million followers on Instagram: “If I walk in the Staples Center and everyone is testing coronavirus-positive, OK, I can’t contract it.”

From Los Angeles Times