Post by njcardfan on Nov 7, 2019 8:52:32 GMT
2 come to mind for me:
Going Postal-In the early to mid 90's there were a rash of shootings at postal facilities by disgruntled postal workers that inspired the term "Going Postal" meaning someone freaking out.
Kool-Aid Drinker-This was inspired by the Jonestown massacre where followers of cult leader Jim Jones committed mass suicide by drinking a cyanide laced fruit flavored drink commonly misconstrued as Kool-Aid, the popular kids drink when in fact it was the knock off Flavor-Aid but Kool-Aid being a somewhat generic name similar to facial tissues being called kleenex no matter the brand or all petroleum jelly being called Vaseline or all bleach being called Clorox. The term means someone who blindly follows someone or something even if it goes against common sense.
Any more out there?
Going Postal-In the early to mid 90's there were a rash of shootings at postal facilities by disgruntled postal workers that inspired the term "Going Postal" meaning someone freaking out.
Kool-Aid Drinker-This was inspired by the Jonestown massacre where followers of cult leader Jim Jones committed mass suicide by drinking a cyanide laced fruit flavored drink commonly misconstrued as Kool-Aid, the popular kids drink when in fact it was the knock off Flavor-Aid but Kool-Aid being a somewhat generic name similar to facial tissues being called kleenex no matter the brand or all petroleum jelly being called Vaseline or all bleach being called Clorox. The term means someone who blindly follows someone or something even if it goes against common sense.
Any more out there?
