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pepper-upper

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pep⋅per-up⋅per

[pep-er-uhp-er]
–noun Informal.
1. something, as a food, beverage, or pill, that provides a quick but temporary period of energy and alertness.
2. something added to food to relieve blandness.
3. an experience that increases enthusiasm or zeal, as a pep talk.
Also, pepper upper.


Origin:
1935–40; pep up + -er 1 , suffixed pleonastically to both v. and particle
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