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1)Drinking the kool-aid
-Not all Germans in WW2 drunk the Kool-aid, including members of the White Rose movement
-Katy did not drink the Kool-aid and married outside of her strict religion
-For employees who haven't drunken the Kool-Aid Mark Zuckerberg is serving at Facebook's Hacker Way headquarters, is there any way to justify the US$19 billion it is paying for WhatsApp?
Definition: Following someone or something without thoroughly analyzing it. Usually referring to a charismatic leader.
Etymology: Derived from the Cult People's Temple. In November of 1978, its leader had a sitting U.S congressman killed when he was snooping around his compound. Afterwards he asked his disciples to drink fruit aid/kool aid. Which subsequently killed them. Hence to drink the kool-aid came from this
2) Got punked
-In the TV series, What would you do, an African American woman got punked when she was forced to deal with racism at the barber shop
-Gerald got punked when he thought there was a ghost of a little girl in the elevator with him
-Candace got punked when she thought there was a giant spider chasing her, which only turned out to be a dog in a spider costume
Definition: to get embarrassed in front of your crew or significant other. Generally while someone is filming
Etymology: First used in American actor, Ashton Kutcher's, TV series Punk'd, where in one episode he tricks singer Justin Timberlake into thinking his house is getting raided by government agents.
3)En masse
-After the new school offered better pay for teachers. The teachers from the old school resigned en masse
-Senators voted en masse to strengthen gun control laws after a school shooting
-The cats in the nieghbourhood disappeared en masse before an earthquake
Definition: In a mass , all together
Etymology: From French
