Benadryl

English

Etymology

Marketing name. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnədɹɪl/

Noun

Benadryl (countable and uncountable, plural Benadryls)

1. An antihistamine medication used to stop allergies or as a sleep aid.
   • 2022 October 30, Kari Paul, “What TikTok does to your mental health: ‘It’s embarrassing we know so little’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The “Benadryl challenge”, wherein participants took a large amount of antihistamines in an attempt to produce hallucinogenic effects, led to at least one death.

   • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎^[2], Hachette, →ISBN:

     Reading his posts as posted, sitting in my NOBE studio, railing Benadryls, getting progressively less attractive to ex bae due to domestic overexposure, I was rapt.

   • 2024, Miranda July, All Fours‎^[3], Canongate Books, →ISBN:

     The Benadryl was for sleep, not allergies. I'd been having this thing where I woke up every night at two a.m.

See also

• diphenhydramine (common main ingredient)

Further reading

• Benadryl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia