Pepsi

== English == === Alternative forms === pepsi (nonstandard) === Etymology === 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.) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) (person from Quebec): In reference to their supposed love of junk food. === Pronunciation === enPR: pĕpʹsē, IPA(key): /ˈpɛpsi/ === Proper noun === Pepsi A brand of carbonated cola non-alcoholic drink produced by the company PepsiCo. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pepsi. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Pepsi (plural Pepsis) A serving of Pepsi. (slang, ethnic slur) A person from Quebec, Canada. ==== Descendants ==== → French: pepsi → Hindi: पेप्सी (pepsī) → Mauritian Creole: pepsi → Polish: pepsi → Portuguese: Pepsi, pepsi → Serbo-Croatian: Pepsi, pepsi ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Seipp, PIPEs, Pipes, pipes == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === Pepsi n (Cyrillic spelling Пепси) Pepsi (brand of carbonated cola non-alcoholic drink produced by the company Pepsi) ==== Declension ====