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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill the phrase "drinking the kool-aid" be replaced by "drinking the clorox"?
Just wondering.
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Will the phrase "drinking the kool-aid" be replaced by "drinking the clorox"? (Original Post)
Amaryllis
Apr 2020
OP
Most people younger than 40 probably don't know what "drinking the kool-aid" is in reference to.
OnlinePoker
Apr 2020
#6
You're right. I am showing my age. Still, that phrase seems to have become part of the
Amaryllis
Apr 2020
#7
NRaleighLiberal
(60,022 posts)1. well, "Buchanan", "Harding"and "Johnson" will be replaced by "Trump"
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)18. Tricky Dick will be replaced by Tricky Trump.
Kahuna
(27,312 posts)2. Yes! I think so.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)3. LOL
Good one!
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,858 posts)4. It should!
Lets make it happen!
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)5. I don't know...
However, I do think that "being bleached" would be a good term for someone who doesn't know what they are talking about and is trying to convince you of something, or trick you.
"Oh, he was just trying to bleach me."
"Bleach me once, shame on me. Bleach me twice and won't get fooled again."
OnlinePoker
(5,727 posts)6. Most people younger than 40 probably don't know what "drinking the kool-aid" is in reference to.
Hard to believe Jonestown was over 40 years ago.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)7. You're right. I am showing my age. Still, that phrase seems to have become part of the
common vernacular.
OnlinePoker
(5,727 posts)8. Like a lot of phrases, its original meaning has faded with time. n/t
niyad
(113,587 posts)14. I know that Rep. Jackie Speiers remembers. And I still remember exactly what I was doing.
YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)9. No, the phrase will be shooting up the chlorox
Nm
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)10. Do you mean shooting it up?
Kingofalldems
(38,489 posts)11. Here:
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)12. THat is worth its own OP.
July
(4,751 posts)15. You owe me a Coke!
I posted the same thing, with bleach instead of Clorox this morning. Think it sounds better with Clorox, though.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,379 posts)16. Joining the Klorox Klan (nt)
Shermann
(7,446 posts)21. That's a good one! nt
Shermann
(7,446 posts)17. That or snorting the Clorox!
coti
(4,612 posts)19. Why, yes, and I think we could call Trump supporters Clorox-drinkers.
3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)20. Yesterday, in a different thread, I suggested...
...combining the 2 -
Dont Drink The Kool-Aid - Or the Clorox
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)22. I'm kinda liking bleach ball.