Kool-Aidn.

Brit.

/ˈkuːleɪd/, U.S.

/ˈkulˌeɪd/

Forms: 1900s– Cool-Aid, 1900s– Kool-Ade, 1900s– Kool-Aid, 1900s– Kool-Aide. Also with lower-case initial in the first or second element.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: kool , cool adj., -aid , -ade suffix.

Etymology: < kool, alteration of cool adj. + -aid, alteration of -ade suffix (after lemonade n., orangeade n., etc.).The alterations in the headword form of this word's constituent elements are probably intended to give an eye-catching appearance to the written form of the proprietary name; other variants show the influence of the standard spellings of those elements. In sense 2 with allusion to a mass suicide by members of the Peoples' Temple, a religious and political movement, in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978, who drank a cyanide-laced drink thought to be similar to Kool-Aid, and (in sense 2b) the obedience perceived to have been demonstrated by them (compare quots. 1978, 1979 at sense 1).

1. North American. A proprietary name for: a (typically brightly coloured) powdered concentrate which is added to water or another liquid to make a fruit-flavoured drink; a drink made from this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > powder for effervescing drink

sherbet1856

lemonade powder1896

Kool-Aid1927

1927 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 Nov. 1052/1 Kool-Ade... Prepared powder containing flavor, fruit acid, and color put up in a number of flavors for making nonalcoholic beverage in the home.

1948 Life 6 Sept. 6/3 (advt.) Dissolve 1 pkg. Kool-Aid (any flavor) and 1 cup sugar in 2 cups milk.

1973 Black World June 55/1 His friend had some orange kool aid. You know people mail kool aid in envelopes.

1978 Facts on File (Nexis) 24 Nov. a1 At Jonestown the soldiers were horrified to find the bodies of hundreds of cult members who had been shot or had committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.

1979 Washington Post 14 Jan. g8/1 No doubt about it, if he had ordered the SS to pass around the Kool-Aid [at the Nuremberg rally], all those crewcut Nazis would have tossed it back with the same fervor with which they cheered Hess' ravings.

2002 S. M. Kidd Secret Life of Bees (2003) 121 When he laughed, his tongue was grass green from Kool-Aid.

2. U.S. to drink the Kool-Aid.

a. To commit suicide. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [verb (intransitive)]

to commit suicide1712

suicide1840

to end it (all)1911

to take one's (own) life1920

to drink the Kool-Aid1978

1978 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 1 Dec. ii. 3/5 You know, basketball is such a part of me... And when it all stops, when it's all over? That's when you drink the Kool Aid.

2006 D. B. Frank Full of Grace xvi. 180 ‘I think if I found out I had it [sc. Alzheimer's disease], I'd drink the Kool-Aid. Seriously.’ ‘Don't say that! Suicide is a very serious—’ ‘I'm kidding, Mom!’

b. To demonstrate unquestioning obedience or loyalty. to drink the —— Kool-Aid (also to drink the Kool-Aid of ——): to support —— wholeheartedly; to commit unquestioningly to ——.

ΚΠ

1981 A. Ginsberg in Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 20 Feb. 1/5 We are all being put in the place of the citizens of Jonestown, being told by our leaders to drink the Kool Aid of nuclear power.

1987 Washington Post 17 July a8 You don't follow anyone blindly... We love Marion Barry... But if Marion Barry disrespects us, we will cry out... We will not blindly drink the Kool-Aid any longer.

1996 Time 2 Sept. 28/2 He's like a cult leader... The client has to get in there, drink the Kool-Aid and look him in the eye.

2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Oct. 80/3 A big reason people in this city were initially reluctant to drink the New Economy Kool-Aid was the sense that the digital revolution threatened our primacy in the national economy and culture.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kool-aid
释义	Kool-Aidn. Brit. /ˈkuːleɪd/, U.S. /ˈkulˌeɪd/ Forms: 1900s– Cool-Aid, 1900s– Kool-Ade, 1900s– Kool-Aid, 1900s– Kool-Aide. Also with lower-case initial in the first or second element. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: kool , cool adj., -aid , -ade suffix. Etymology: < kool, alteration of cool adj. + -aid, alteration of -ade suffix (after lemonade n., orangeade n., etc.).The alterations in the headword form of this word's constituent elements are probably intended to give an eye-catching appearance to the written form of the proprietary name; other variants show the influence of the standard spellings of those elements. In sense 2 with allusion to a mass suicide by members of the Peoples' Temple, a religious and political movement, in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978, who drank a cyanide-laced drink thought to be similar to Kool-Aid, and (in sense 2b) the obedience perceived to have been demonstrated by them (compare quots. 1978, 1979 at sense 1). 1. North American. A proprietary name for: a (typically brightly coloured) powdered concentrate which is added to water or another liquid to make a fruit-flavoured drink; a drink made from this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > powder for effervescing drink sherbet1856 lemonade powder1896 Kool-Aid1927 1927 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 Nov. 1052/1 Kool-Ade... Prepared powder containing flavor, fruit acid, and color put up in a number of flavors for making nonalcoholic beverage in the home. 1948 Life 6 Sept. 6/3 (advt.) Dissolve 1 pkg. Kool-Aid (any flavor) and 1 cup sugar in 2 cups milk. 1973 Black World June 55/1 His friend had some orange kool aid. You know people mail kool aid in envelopes. 1978 Facts on File (Nexis) 24 Nov. a1 At Jonestown the soldiers were horrified to find the bodies of hundreds of cult members who had been shot or had committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid. 1979 Washington Post 14 Jan. g8/1 No doubt about it, if he had ordered the SS to pass around the Kool-Aid [at the Nuremberg rally], all those crewcut Nazis would have tossed it back with the same fervor with which they cheered Hess' ravings. 2002 S. M. Kidd Secret Life of Bees (2003) 121 When he laughed, his tongue was grass green from Kool-Aid. 2. U.S. to drink the Kool-Aid. a. To commit suicide. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [verb (intransitive)] to commit suicide1712 suicide1840 to end it (all)1911 to take one's (own) life1920 to drink the Kool-Aid1978 1978 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 1 Dec. ii. 3/5 You know, basketball is such a part of me... And when it all stops, when it's all over? That's when you drink the Kool Aid. 2006 D. B. Frank Full of Grace xvi. 180 ‘I think if I found out I had it [sc. Alzheimer's disease], I'd drink the Kool-Aid. Seriously.’ ‘Don't say that! Suicide is a very serious—’ ‘I'm kidding, Mom!’ b. To demonstrate unquestioning obedience or loyalty. to drink the —— Kool-Aid (also to drink the Kool-Aid of ——): to support —— wholeheartedly; to commit unquestioningly to ——. ΚΠ 1981 A. Ginsberg in Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 20 Feb. 1/5 We are all being put in the place of the citizens of Jonestown, being told by our leaders to drink the Kool Aid of nuclear power. 1987 Washington Post 17 July a8 You don't follow anyone blindly... We love Marion Barry... But if Marion Barry disrespects us, we will cry out... We will not blindly drink the Kool-Aid any longer. 1996 Time 2 Sept. 28/2 He's like a cult leader... The client has to get in there, drink the Kool-Aid and look him in the eye. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Oct. 80/3 A big reason people in this city were initially reluctant to drink the New Economy Kool-Aid was the sense that the digital revolution threatened our primacy in the national economy and culture. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927
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