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Pepsi

Pepsi

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A sweet fizzy cola drink made by PepsiCo
  • proper noun
  • /ˈpɛpsi/
translation icon : Pepsi
  • Could l have a Pepsi, please ?
  • a can of Pepsi
  • Coke or Pepsi
  • Pepsi and Coca-Cola

Think of that Pepsi advertisement a year or two ago.

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Examples

  • Those consumers could then use the Pepsi Points to buy specified merchandise.

  • Last week, Tony brought a case of the regular Pepsi instead of the diet.

  • So then on Thursday we get Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi.

  • If you can stick with the Pepsi, you should be OK, folks.

  • I wish I had something stronger than Pepsi to offer you.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • OK, but here you have Pepsi and here you have Coke.

  • Every restaurant offered only a limited range of either Coca-Cola or Pepsi products.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Why don't you bring her a Pepsi?

  • Would you like a refill on that Pepsi?

  • Can I get a Pepsi with my pizza, please?

Synonyms

Pepsi Cola
vsPepsi
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A sweet fizzy drink sold by the Pepsi company

is the same product but uses the shorter trademarked name

Compounds

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A sweet fizzy drink sold by the Pepsi company

Surface Forms

Pepsi main

Etymology

The word Pepsi probably comes from the stomach enzyme pepsin or the older word dyspepsia, which means 'bad digestion'. A helpful way to remember this is that the name made the drink sound like it would help your stomach, and today Pepsi is the famous cola brand.