Ambien
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Ambien (plural Ambiens)
- Trade name of zolpidem, a medication most widely known as a treatment for insomnia.
- 2009, “Empire State of Mind”, in The Blueprint 3, performed by Jay-Z:
- The city never sleeps / Better slip you an Ambien
- 2010, Patricia Morrisroe, Wide Awake: A Memoir of Insomnia, page 119:
- But Eckleburg is powerless against her, so I take an Ambien, and then, at 2 AM, the New York City Department of Transportation decides it's the perfect time to rip up the street.
- 2011, Jonathan Handel, Hollywood on Strike!: An Industry at War in the Internet Age, page 389:
- Silicon Valley is not going to suddenly take an Ambien and stop innovating.