Xanax
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English
Etymology
A trademarked name, coined by Pfizer.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈzæn.æks/
Proper noun
Xanax (countable and uncountable, plural Xanax or Xanaxes)
- (trademark, pharmacology) A brand name for alprazolam.
- 1990, Washingtonian, page 223:
- “After taking one or two Xanax every night for eight years, my doctor told me I had to stop,” says a middle-aged Montgomery County homemaker.
- 1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 226:
- My rage is controlled, barely, by a Xanax and an Absolut on the rocks.
- 1991, John Sandford [pseudonym; John Roswell Camp], chapter 16, in Eyes of Prey:
- A half-dozen black beauties gave him the edge he needed, a couple of purple egg-shaped Xanaxes cooled his nerves.
- 2020, Paul Rudnick, Coastal Elites, spoken by Clarissa Montgomery (Sarah Paulson):
- Take a deep, healing breath, and imagine that you're not even on Twitter, or Facebook, or Xanax.
Derived terms
References
- “Xanax”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.