Monday, September 20, 2010

Drinking the Kool-Aid

Today at work I heard the expression "Drinking the Kool-Aid". The meaning of it:

"Drinking the Kool-Aid" means becoming a firm believer in something: accepting an argument or philosophy wholeheartedly or blindly. The term originated with the Jonestown Massacre,[1][2][3] where members of the Peoples Temple were said to have committed suicide by drinking Kool-Aid laced with cyanide.

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