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.

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

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