Meaning & use

Nuprin

proper noun·Advanced

A discontinued American brand of over-the-counter ibuprofen pain reliever, popular in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Her medicine cabinet still had an old bottle of Nuprin from decades ago.

Nuprin ran a memorable ad campaign built around the slogan 'little, yellow, different.'

A note on using this word

Nuprin was a brand name, not a generic term; the active ingredient, ibuprofen, is sold today under many other brand names.

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