Pepsin.

Brit.

/ˈpɛpsi/, U.S.

/ˈpɛpsi/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Pepsi-Cola n.

Etymology: Shortened < Pepsi-Cola n. In sense 2 with allusion to French Canadians' supposed fondness for Pepsi-Cola.

1. A proprietary name for: Pepsi-Cola. Also: a drink of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > aerated or carbonated drink > [noun] > proprietary drinks

Club Soda1877

Coca-Cola1887

Dr Pepper1895

Pepsi-Cola1903

Coke1909

Pepsi1916

seven-up1931

Aqua Libra1987

1916 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 9 May 676/1 The Pepsi-Cola Co., Newbern, N.C. Filed Mar. 19, 1915. Pepsi..A Flavoring-syrup for soda water.

1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades i. 107 ‘Some orange juice or Coke?’ ‘Ta, Guv, I'll have a Pepsi.’

1973 Sat. Rev. World (U.S.) 25 Sept. 22/1 She smokes a cigarette, sips a Pepsi.

2001 Independent 16 May ii. 7/1 They are eating hot dogs, cheeseburgers, ham steaks and chocolate bars, guzzled down with Pepsi.

2. Canadian slang (derogatory). A French Canadian.

ΚΠ

1978 J. Bacque Big Lonely (new ed.) iv. 73 We are a folksinging group, and you the rich English-Canadian impresario. Exploiter of the Pepsis.

1986 P. Behrens Night Driving (1987) 91 ‘Fucking pepsis,’ a young woman behind us said.

1996 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 Oct. b1 They sat around in muttering pockets whining and carping about how the frogs and Pepsis were getting out of control.

Compounds

Pepsi generation n. [with allusion to a 1963–7 Pepsi advertising slogan, ‘Come alive! You're in the Pepsi generation’] originally and chiefly U.S. the generation of people in their teens and early twenties in the mid to late 1960s, regarded as a demographic group.

ΚΠ

1965 J. Kerouac Let. 21 July in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 405 Good idea not to call it an ‘Anthology’ since this pepsi generation of twisting illiterates don't even know what the word means.

1967 Transition No. 32. 34/1 There are thousands..who have opted out of the Pepsi generation to bum their way around the world.

2003 Guelph (Ont.) Mercury (Nexis) 8 Feb. a4 As ‘Pepsi generation’ teens, they viewed themselves as virtually immortal, as youths tend to.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pepsi
释义	Pepsin. Brit. /ˈpɛpsi/, U.S. /ˈpɛpsi/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Pepsi-Cola n. Etymology: Shortened < Pepsi-Cola n. In sense 2 with allusion to French Canadians' supposed fondness for Pepsi-Cola. 1. A proprietary name for: Pepsi-Cola. Also: a drink of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > aerated or carbonated drink > [noun] > proprietary drinks Club Soda1877 Coca-Cola1887 Dr Pepper1895 Pepsi-Cola1903 Coke1909 Pepsi1916 seven-up1931 Aqua Libra1987 1916 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 9 May 676/1 The Pepsi-Cola Co., Newbern, N.C. Filed Mar. 19, 1915. Pepsi..A Flavoring-syrup for soda water. 1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades i. 107 ‘Some orange juice or Coke?’ ‘Ta, Guv, I'll have a Pepsi.’ 1973 Sat. Rev. World (U.S.) 25 Sept. 22/1 She smokes a cigarette, sips a Pepsi. 2001 Independent 16 May ii. 7/1 They are eating hot dogs, cheeseburgers, ham steaks and chocolate bars, guzzled down with Pepsi. 2. Canadian slang (derogatory). A French Canadian. ΚΠ 1978 J. Bacque Big Lonely (new ed.) iv. 73 We are a folksinging group, and you the rich English-Canadian impresario. Exploiter of the Pepsis. 1986 P. Behrens Night Driving (1987) 91 ‘Fucking pepsis,’ a young woman behind us said. 1996 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 Oct. b1 They sat around in muttering pockets whining and carping about how the frogs and Pepsis were getting out of control. Compounds Pepsi generation n. [with allusion to a 1963–7 Pepsi advertising slogan, ‘Come alive! You're in the Pepsi generation’] originally and chiefly U.S. the generation of people in their teens and early twenties in the mid to late 1960s, regarded as a demographic group. ΚΠ 1965 J. Kerouac Let. 21 July in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 405 Good idea not to call it an ‘Anthology’ since this pepsi generation of twisting illiterates don't even know what the word means. 1967 Transition No. 32. 34/1 There are thousands..who have opted out of the Pepsi generation to bum their way around the world. 2003 Guelph (Ont.) Mercury (Nexis) 8 Feb. a4 As ‘Pepsi generation’ teens, they viewed themselves as virtually immortal, as youths tend to. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1916
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