Pepto Bismol

See also: Pepto-Bismol

English

Etymology

From the trademark Pepto-Bismol.

Proper noun

Pepto Bismol

1. (trademark) Alternative form of Pepto-Bismol
   • 1994, Leah Bendavid-Val, editor, National Geographic: The Photographs, page 443:

     […] such moderately priced oddities as the bizarrely decorated Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo or the Pepto Bismol-hued Tickle Pink Inn in Carmel Highlands.

   • 2000, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Dangerous Border Crossers: The Artist Talks Back, page 120:

     I needed some Pepto Bismol; I was experiencing a serious case of ideological vertigo.

   • 1992, James Melson, The Golden Boy, page 69:

     As I held him up so he could "help me", he said, "Listen, Jimmy, you take some Pepto Bismol, do a little coke and then let Manfred show you the best of the boys in New York.