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pepperupper

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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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pepper-upper

  1. n.
    an amphetamine tablet or capsule; a pep pill. : I need me a little pepper-upper. Can I have a prescription?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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