English edit

Etymology edit

Coined by American cartoonist Drew Fairweather in 2007.[1]

Noun edit

Ambien walrus

  1. A personification of the personality-altering effects of zolpidem, brand name Ambien.
    • 2017 February 22, Madison Malone Kircher, “‘Things You Did on Ambien’ Is Peak Reddit”, in New York Magazine[2], Intelligencer:
      This week’s find: a subreddit devoted to all the wonderfully deranged things people have done while under the influence of Ambien sleeping pills, or while experiencing a visit from the Ambien walrus, as redditors are known to call it.

References edit

  1. ^ Bijan Stephen (2018 May 30) “Ambien manufacturer wants you to know its product does not make you racist”, in The Verge[1]:Drew Fairweather, who draws the popular webcomic Toothpaste For Dinner and was an early online Ambien user, described his own experiences with the drug via a character called the Ambien Walrus in 2007.