Miltown

English Etymology Named after Milltown, New Jersey. Proper noun ~ en trademark pharmaceutical drug The drug meprobamate. en Equanil en 2013 Kate Bowler Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel Oxford University Press 9780199985852 58 Bored with the emptiness of her life, she was said to be increasingly turning to the consolations of “mother's little helper”—new lines of tranquilizing drugs, such as Librium and Miltown, meant to soothe the female anxieties that Betty Friedan decried in her bestselling The Feminine Mystique. en https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ondrugs/miltown-a-game-changing-drug-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of-1.4237946 CBC Miltown: a game-changing drug you've probably never heard of 2017-08-07 Hollywood had discovered Miltown — and from then on, the pill became a cultural phenomenon. https://web.archive.org/web/20260309060223/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ondrugs/miltown-a-game-changing-drug-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of-1.4237946 9 March 2026 en 2019 Sarah Broughton Brando's Bride Parthian Books 9781912681594 There were, of course, ways of obtaining the drug which didn't involve doctors or pharmacies—from private parties to bars selling alcoholic blends such as the ‘Guided Missile’ (a double shot of vodka plus two Miltowns) and the perennially popular ‘Miltini’ (a dry martini with a pill replacing the olive). Further reading meprobamate en terms derived from toponyms