Kool-Aid

[ 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.

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Idioms for Kool-Aid

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.

Origin of Kool-Aid

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

Words nearby Kool-Aid

Koobi Fora, koodoo, kook, kookaburra, kooky, Kool-Aid, Koolhaas, Kooning, Koopmans, Koord, koori

Example sentences from the Web for Kool-Aid

We even had a guy jump his bike over one into a pool of Kool-Aid.
Dude, Where’s My Bus? Fast Times in the Iconic VW Van|Scott Jennings|October 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The hype is contagious—and everyone is drinking the Kool-aid.
Banksy’s Unexpected Turn|Justin Jones|October 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There was nothing explicitly in the Kool-Aid we drank at Young Judaea.
No Bulldozers?|Orly Halpern|September 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But then, over time, he began to drink the Islamist kool-aid.
Bachmann, Gaffney, and the GOP’s Anti-Muslim Culture of Conspiracy|Jonathan Kay|July 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST

For his part, Akers was hardly drinking the Kool-Aid in terms of appreciating performance art when he took on the project.
Marina Abramović’s Silent Revolution in Performance Art|Chris Lee|January 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Death Waits was a good kid, but he was a serious imbiber of the kool-aid.
Makers|Cory Doctorow

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