black pill

== English == === Alternative forms === black-pill, blackpill === Etymology === Nihilism sense influenced by preexisting red pill. See there for further explanation. === Pronunciation === === Noun === black pill (plural black pills) (slang) An opium pill. A poison pill; a pill intended to kill the person who ingests it. (philosophy) A hypothetical pill with a specific probability of causing death, which one is offered a large sum of money in order to take, as a philosophical dilemma. Antonym: white pill A traditional Tibetan remedy. (often attributive) A notional pill taken by those who have adopted a nihilistic, usually (but not necessarily) far-right philosophy, especially incels who believe unattractive men will never be sexually or romantically successful, or those who are pessimistic about social or political issues. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:black pill. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black,‎ pill. ==== Coordinate terms ==== pinkpill (nihilistic female incel philosophy) ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === black pill (third-person singular simple present black pills, present participle black pilling, simple past and past participle black pilled) (transitive) To cause another to adopt a nihilistic philosophy. 2020, anonymous, quoted in Angus Charles Lindsay, "Swallowing the Black Pill: A Qualitative Exploration of Incel Antifeminism within Digital Society", thesis submitted to Victoria University of Wellington, page 73: Incels are a danger to western society, because if we manage to blackpill more low value men, it could destroy this rotten civilization in its current form. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:black pill. ==== Derived terms ==== black-pilled (used interchangeably with blackpilled) === See also === blue pill red pill doomer