[Ads-l] Zempin' (short for Ozempic)

Emily Gordon emdashes at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jun 26 20:44:07 UTC 2024


"'She Zempin'?'

"That was the text I got during a concert recently. The singer onstage was
looking a bit slimmer these days. Was she using a GLP-1 like Ozempic?

"We’re living in a world that has necessitated snappy slang for medical
injectable weight loss drugs. Anne Branigin and Samantha Chery have a story
about how to politely navigate that world."

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