A chiefly British informal term for an oral contraceptive — what is more commonly called 'the pill' or 'the contraceptive pill.' The 'birth pill' phrasing is more explicit about the purpose (preventing birth) while maintaining a clinical enough tone to appear in both formal and casual contexts. While not the dominant term in everyday speech, it appears in health information materials and casual British conversation as a straightforward descriptor for hormonal contraceptive tablets.
She'd been on the birth pill for years before deciding to come off it.
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(chiefly, UK) A contraception capsule.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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