Ambien walrus en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined by American cartoonist Drew Fairweather in 2007.
Meanings
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A personification of the personality-altering effects of zolpidem, brand name Ambien.
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.
2017 February 22, Madison Malone Kircher, “‘Things You Did on Ambien’ Is Peak Reddit”, in New York Magazine, Intelligencer: