silly pill
silly pill noun: a hypothetical pill that makes those who take it behave in a silly manner.
Noun
silly pill (plural silly pills)
- A hypothetical pill that makes those who take it behave in a silly manner.
- You're all wound up today! Who gave you the silly pill?
- They need to take a silly pill from time to time, and just let themselves get down on their children's level.2003, Thomas Kinkade with Nanette Kinkade and Larry Libby, The Many Loves of Parenting, page 133
Examples of silly pill in a sentence
- The Republican Party must have taken a silly pill to think it will continue to have support from veterans and retirees while relentlessly assaulting ...2004 January 9, Colorado Springs Gazette:
- This wildly inventive piece of social satire may go down like a big old silly pill.2007 November 9, “THEATER REVIEW: Laughs help bitter meds go down”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Forms of silly pill
| plural | silly pills |
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Questions about silly pill
- What does silly pill mean?
- Silly pill means a hypothetical pill that makes those who take it behave in a silly manner.
- How do you use silly pill in a sentence?
- The Republican Party must have taken a silly pill to think it will continue to have support from veterans and retirees while relentlessly assaulting ...
- What part of speech is silly pill?
- Silly pill is a noun.
- What is the plural of silly pill?
- The plural of silly pill is silly pills.
Words near silly pill in the dictionary
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