Kool-Aid

kool-aid English Alternative forms en koolaid Etymology 1 Trademark, presumably from en cool and en -ade, influenced by en aid. Proper noun Kool-Aid s en US A sweet, non-carbonated drink made with artificial flavors. Derived terms en Kool-Aid smile Koolickle Rocky Mountain Kool-Aid Etymology 2 en drink the Kool-Aid. Noun Kool-Aid A fad or ideology that is adopted unquestioningly, ignoring its hidden dangers or disadvantages. en 1998 The Defense is Ready: My Life in Crime Leslie Abramson; Richard Flaste 0671023268 The problem today isn't really with the Kool Aids; it's with society's refusal to distinguish between him and all the rest who fall into the hands of the system. en 2010 Hard Sell: Now a Major Motion Picture LOVE and OTHER DRUGS Jamie Reidy 0740788868 Pfizer reps departed training with a “Pass me the Kool-Aid” conviction that not only were our drugs the best in the industry, but also that our company was the best in the world. en 2011 Running with My Pants Down Jim Cuba 38 1462021743 Kids are force-fed the Kool-Aid while their skulls are still soft. They have no concept of rational thought and their parents drag them to a church and force them to learn mythology disguised as religious doctrine and try to sell it as fact. en 2014 The Bitcoin Big Bang: How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change Brian Kelly 1118963652 Hopefully by now you are beginning to see how the Kool-Aid is made, realized it is not poison, and are thinking about taking a sip. You are ready to rush out, buy your first bitcoin, and cash in on the digital gold rush. en 2015 Liquidity Lost: The Governance of the Global Financial Crisis Paul Langley 60 0199683786 Memorably referred to by Warren Buffet in early 2008 as the 'poetic justice' of 'toxic Kool-Aid' (Dabrowski 2008), the specific issue addressed by these initiatives was the value, valuation, and circulation of assets related to and derived from US sub-prime mortgages. en https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/01/wine-fridges-tory-party-kool-aid Never mind wine fridges, the Tory party is drunk on Kool-Aid Marina Hyde 2022-02-01 The Guardian Suitcases full of Kool-Aid seem to have been wheeled into Boris Johnson’s meeting with Tory MPs last night. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018090514/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/01/wine-fridges-tory-party-kool-aid 18 October 2026 Derived terms en drink one's own Kool-Aid en drink the Kool-Aid en genericized trademarks