Barbie drug

Barbie drug
 n.— «A synthetic hormone that could solve your beauty and bedroom needs all at the same time.…“You could theoretically get tanned and have, certainly, a lot of erectile activity and you might actually start to lose weight.” Because of its promises of perfection, the hormone has been nicknamed the “Barbie drug.”» —“So-called “Barbie drugs” promise to make you tan, thin and sexy” KTRK-TV (Houston, Texas) Oct. 27, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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