jagged little pill

-"Jagged Little Pill" is a phrase coined by Canadian Rock music singer Alanis Morissette, meaning "a hard pill to swallow", a truth that is mentally difficult to accept.

The fact that she had left him forever was a jagged little pill to swallow.

by Alpha Dawg 2 percenter January 22, 2016

Jagged Little Pill

Coined by singer-songwriter Alanis Morrissette, an inconspicuous, artistic allusion to the human sperm cell; intended to imply all that sexual relations with a man brings with it

Alanis Morrissette's allusion to spermatozoa in her album title Jagged Little Pill has gone almost universally unrecognized.

by Bartleby T Scrivener December 2, 2019