Kool-Aid smile

noun

A large, beaming smile.

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Meanings

nounKool-Aid smile (plural Kool-Aid smiles)

plural Kool-Aid smiles

  1. USidiomaticinformalA large, beaming smile.

    "We in E," they said in unison as big Kool-Aid smiles popped up on everybody's faces.

    2007, Michele A. Fletcher, Charge It to the Game, page 116

Origin

From the wide smile of the character used to advertise the drink.

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Kool-Aid smile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kool-Aid%20smile

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“Kool-Aid smile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kool-Aid%20smile. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kool-Aid smile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kool-Aid%20smile.

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