blue pill

Meanings

1. Synonym of blue mass (“pill of prepared mercury”).
2. A pill of sildenafil (Viagra), used to treat erectile dysfunction.
3. Rejection of the red pill philosophy.

1. To reject the red pill philosophy.

Etymology

(rejection of the red pill): From a scene in the film The Matrix (1999), where the main character, who lives in a virtual world known as the Matrix, is given a choice between a red pill that will allow him to learn the truth about the Matrix and a blue pill that will return him to his simulated life.