Talk:silly pill

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silly pill

SoP. If necessary, though IMO it's not, we can add a usage note to [[pill]]:

A noun preceding (deprecated template usage) pill might be a condition against which a pill is taken, as in (deprecated template usage) hypertension pill; a part of the body the pill is supposed to aid, as in (deprecated template usage) heart pill; a quality to be reduced by the pill, as in (deprecated template usage) cholesterol pill; a condition to be caused by the pill, as in (deprecated template usage) sanity pill; or a quality to be augmented by the pill, as in (deprecated template usage) silly pill.

​—msh210℠ 18:58, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

So why wouldn't a silly pill be a condition against which a pill is taken, e.g. at a mental institution? Doesn't seem obvious to me, so keep. DAVilla 10:36, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

What do you mean by "SoP", please? — This comment was unsigned.

Sum of Parts, our shorthand to indicate that a multiword term's meaning is readily determined from its component words, usually augmented by context-specific knowledge and the general knowledge of many inhabitants of our planet, at least those who have access to the Web. See Wiktionary:Glossary#S. DCDuring TALK 23:55, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Well it is not talking about a real pill, and certainly not one that is silly. And how do I sign, please? — This comment was unsigned.

Signing is accomplished by typing "~~~~".

It may be a fictional pill, but it would have to have be just like a real pill for us to know what it would mean.

I was only able to find one quote at Google books and two at News that seem to be using a sense close to what is in the entry:

--DCDuring TALK 00:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

In the first and third of those quotes it's an actual pill that makes one silly. Of course, it's hypothetical rather than existent, but who cares? I can't understand the second quote, myself, but here's another, also referring AFAICT to an actual pill that makes one silly.​—msh210℠ 18:51, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

kept, no clear consensus for deletion. -- Prince Kassad 09:56, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

• Note: One can also find "smart pill", "goofy pill" with the same relationship between the adjective and "pill". Also, some psychotropic drugs, especially tranquilizers, are referred to as "silly pills". DCDuring TALK 10:28, 18 March 2011 (UTC)