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pepsi

/ˈpɛpsi/

pepsi is the alternative form of Pepsi.

Proper noun capitalized: Pepsi

Pepsi

  1. A brand of carbonated cola non-alcoholic drink produced by the company PepsiCo.

Noun capitalized: Pepsi

Pepsi (plural Pepsis)

  1. A serving of Pepsi.
    • I'll have a Pepsi with that.
  2. (ethnic, slang, slur) A person from Quebec, Canada.
    • […] and to maintain a relatively superior, paternalistic position from which French Canadians are for the most part regarded as 'peasoups' or 'Pepsis,' as fellow citizens requiring benevolent supervision […]1993, Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, volume 20, page 276

Forms of pepsi

Noun
pluralpepsis
pluralPepsis
Proper noun
alternative form (nonstandard)pepsi

Origin of pepsi

Originally short for Pepsi-Cola, coined in 1898 as a renaming of the brand from "Brad's Drink", in order to imply that the fizzy drink could cure dyspepsia. While some have suggested Pepsi is short for the digestive enzyme pepsin, sometimes with the assumption that pepsin was used as an ingredient in Pepsi, this is a folk etymology, as there is no official confirmation of it nor any evidence for a link between the enzyme and the beverage. Nonetheless, both the words pepsin and dyspepsia ultimately derive from Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis), which means “cooking, fermentation or digestion”. (Compare Italian pepsi, from the same source.) (person from Quebec): In reference to their supposed love of junk food.

Words formed from pepsi

Phrases with pepsi

Questions about pepsi

What does pepsi mean?
Pepsi means a brand of carbonated cola non-alcoholic drink produced by the company PepsiCo.
What is pepsi the alternative form of?
Pepsi is the alternative form of Pepsi.
What part of speech is pepsi?
Pepsi can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce pepsi?
Pepsi is pronounced /ˈpɛpsi/.

Words near pepsi in the dictionary

  1. peppy
  2. peps
  3. peps in one's step
  4. peps in one's steps
  5. peps up
  6. pepsi
  7. Pepsi Challenge
  8. Pepsi Challenges
  9. Pepsi paradox
  10. pepsidase
  11. pepsin

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