[Ads-l] "Ozempidemic"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Interesting blend, Nancy. Here are some citations in chronological
order from twitter:

https://x.com/katiegiff/status/1631192477461024768
Kt is 96% refined @katiegiff
the ozempidemic of it all
2:19 AM · Mar 2, 2023

https://x.com/theerkj/status/1670084462518870017
RK Jackson Atlanta @theerkj
we’re in a ozempidemic
11:02 AM · Jun 17, 2023

https://x.com/citrini/status/1673539376154804225
Citrini @citrini
America, 2005-2021: opioid epidemic
America, 2022-??: ozempidemic
We always overcorrect
11:50 PM · Jun 26, 2023

https://x.com/time222smoke/status/1673844892437475328
@time222smoke
my mom is a pharmacy tech and she says all of her coworkers are on
ozempic.... not the Ozempidemic
8:04 PM · Jun 27, 2023

https://x.com/actofdelusion/status/1703502496658776336
lulu pull up middy jumper w the best of them @actofdelusion
it’s so cool that the ozempidemic shows how bad being skinny looks sometimes
4:13 PM · Sep 17, 2023

Garson

On Sun, Oct 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM Nancy Friedman
<00001b7f50001087-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
> Portmanteau of Ozempic and epidemic:
> "In dorm rooms and sorority houses across the country, women are
> stashing Wegovy
> pills
> <https://www.thecut.com/article/new-wegovy-pill-users-postpartum-menopause.html>
> under their twin beds and sharing vials of compounded retatrutide they
> ordered from China with their roommates, hoping if they shrink down enough
> <https://www.thecut.com/article/emaciation-celebrities-influencers-thin.html>
> they will get into the sisterhood of their dreams. Students told me there’s
> an 'Ozempidemic' on campuses in which everyone is taking it but nobody is
> talking about it." - The Cut, September 16, 2026
> https://www.thecut.com/article/sorority-rows-glp-1-secret.html
>
> Most of the citations I found are from September, but there was an earlier
> surge after the June 2024 release of a podcast titled "The Celebrity
> Ozempidemic."
> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-celebrity-ozempidemic-with-aubrey-gordon/id1693739175?i=1000659606568
>
> Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ozempidemic
>
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