orange pill
English
Etymology
Blend of orange + red pill, in reference to the orange colour of Bitcoin's logo.
Noun
orange pill (plural orange pills)
- (slang) A notional pill taken by those who have become dedicated to investing in Bitcoin.
- 2022, Jay Finne, Downloading Divinity…: We Are All Satoshi, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
- In other words the notorious “orange pill ” that I first heard of from Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert can be a tough one to swallow.
- 2022 March 29, Sahana Kiran, “Vietnam takes the orange pill; Legalisation of crypto underway”, in Watcher Guru:
- The Ministry of Finance is one among the other three agencies that would aid Vietnam in taking the orange pill.
Verb
orange pill (third-person singular simple present orange pills, present participle orange pilling, simple past and past participle orange pilled)
- (slang) To convince someone to invest in Bitcoin.
- 2021 October 12, Dawdu M. Amantanah, “Taking the Orange Pill: A Theory or Reality?”, in Bitcoin Magazine:
- The goal of orange pilling someone has nothing to do with drugs. It is the notion that bitcoin will inevitably become the global reserve asset, while converting people to believe in the bitcoin standard.