kool-aid

kool-aid (plural kool-aids)

1. Alternative form of Kool-Aid (unquestioned fad or ideology).
   • 2009, John Crippen, The Legacy of George W Bush (A Collection of Conflicting Opinions), →ISBN:

     All of you military vets that drank that kool-aid and voted for him - shame on you.

   • 2012, Melissa White, You Have To Know! A Book of Self-Awareness, →ISBN, pages 41–42:

     And don't believe everything you see or fall into this alluring trap. Step away from the kool-aid, don't drink, it is no good. The kool-aid looks sweet but it is bitter and poisonous. The dangers of influence does not stop at our career choices, clothing ensembles, hairstyles and religious decisions; the followers of celebrities or whomever they have chosen as their new source of life, impact every aspect of their being.

   • 2015, Scott Fearon, Jesse Powell, Dead Companies Walking, →ISBN:

     For half a decade, Silicon Valley turned into nothing less than a business world version of Jonestown. The kool-aid wasn't lethal. But it was very potent, and people were drinking it by the gallon.