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In the 1980's when ADHD pills werer first being designed, the term for them was "chill pill" becaus e of its needed use for overactive children and young adults. over time the term became an idiom used to refer to telling people to calm down.
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What is the origin of the idiom take a chill pill?
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How did you handle a stressful work?
Take a chill pill
What is the origin for take a chill pill?
Methaqualone, aka, ludes.Cheap popular sedative in the 1960's.ANSWER"Take a chill pill" must be too recent to be the origin. The Oxford English Dictionary gives "An objectionable person; a bore" as a slang sense of "pill," with the earliest example dated 1897. In a similar sense, "pill" means anything that people don't like to "swallow" or endure. These meanings come from the reluctance with which people swallow medicinal pills.http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/26/messages/388.html
Make a sentence with the word Chill?
The weather is here on the mountain is quite chilly.
Are there side effects to chill pills?
You are exhibiting one of the symptoms of the Chill Pill. The side effect is Stupidity. So you will not receive any more side effects. Take at least 8 oz. of water with the Chill Pill.
Where do you go for a chill pill?
Inside your mind. Take a deep breath, count to ten, and take some space from any conflict or potential conflict with others. These equate, metaphorically, to what is known as "taking a chill pill".
Is eoin weird?
yes eoin is very weird ! not , im joking , jeez , take a chill pill
What is another way to say take a break?
put your feet up wind down take a chill pill mellow out take five hang loose
What is the best way to give a diabetic dog a shot?
give dog a chill pill then he will be calmed down and then you can take the shot
What is a white pill with PL on one side?
i don't know, but don't take any pill that you don't know the origin or effect of
Another word for calm down?
A single word [slang] meaning calm down is "chill."
What is the action replay code to change Shaymins form?
There isn't one!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD CALM DOWN TAKE A CHILL PILL. IT WAS JUST A QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!!!
