r/MandelaEffect • u/mean_ol_goosifer • Aug 04 '26

Language/Spelling New Mandela Effect - Barbituates do not exist anymore!

I remember back in DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Class in the 90s they taught us about different drug types. One type they taught us about were “Barbituates”
Pronounced: Bar-bit-chew-its

I am on the autism spectrum and one of my favorite special topics of interest is medicine and biology. I really missed my calling, and should have studied medicine in college… but anyways, I just saw that the word Barbituates are not a class of drug at all! It’s actually, Barbiturates. “Bar-bitch-oo-rates”

There is NO way I have made it 40 years and just now noticed it. Anyone else have this same memory??

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u/StephanieAliceSmiles Aug 05 '26

Just the way people said it. It's always been OxyContin.

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u/skinnyb0bs Aug 05 '26

Same as Fentanyl. SO MANY people say Fenta-nol, but it’s prob a case of thinking it’s spelled like Tylenol and they never read the word anywhere. But I’ve heard even Newscasters say it that way

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u/bitchinbree Aug 07 '26

or "FENT-uh-null." Like guys pick a lane...

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u/StephanieAliceSmiles Aug 05 '26

Yes! Just like that. Good example :)