Zyban
/ˈzʌɪban
/noun [mass noun] trademark
The antidepressant bupropion, used to relieve nicotine withdrawal symptoms in people giving up smoking.The best possible outcome requires both medication - nicotine patches, Zyban and so forth - as well as psychosocial intervention....
- She also started taking Zyban and using a nicotine patch.
- Martin, 50, has tried to give up countless times, using nicotine patches, nicotine gum, the drug Zyban, and smoking cessation classes.
Origin
1990s: an invented name, probably from ban1 or banish.
- have something on one's side (or something is on one's side)
- have something (or nothing) to show for
- have something out
- have something to burn
- have something to offer
- have something to one's credit
- have something to say for oneself
- have stars in one's eyes
- have steam coming out of one's ears
- have swallowed a dictionary
- have the advantage of
- have the better of
- have the courage of one's convictions
- have the drop on
- have the face to do something
- have the goodness to do something
- have the heart to do something
- have the hots for
- have the last laugh
- have the legs of
- have the neck to do something
- have the pleasure of something (or of doing something)
- have the time
- have the wood on
- have tickets on oneself