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Kool-Aid

American

[kool-eyd] / ˈkulˌeɪd /

Trademark.

a brand name for a powdered mix used to make a sugary, fruit-flavored drink.

noun

a drink made from this mix.

idioms

drink the Kool-Aid, to support or believe in something in a blindly enthusiastic way.

A level-headed reporter, he didn’t drink the Kool-Aid on the tax issue.

Etymology

Origin of Kool-Aid

Kool-Aid def. 3 in reference to the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, in which a cult leader supposedly convinced followers to drink a poisoned beverage

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