User research as kool-aid
Arnowitz, Jonathan; Dykstra-Erickson, Elizabeth
2005-03-01 00:00:00
drink the Kool-Aid, v. To become a firm believer in something; to accept an argument or philosophy wholeheartedly or blindly. This phrase stems from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which members of the Peoples Temple cult committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid (although some say the drink of choice was actually Flav-R-Aid) 1.
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drink the Kool-Aid, v. To become a firm believer in something; to accept an argument or philosophy wholeheartedly or blindly. This phrase stems from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which members of the Peoples Temple cult committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid (although some say the drink of choice was actually Flav-R-Aid) 1.
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