Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CAMPY
camp, campy
(adjective) providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; “they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect”; “campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940’s”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Campy
(medicine, colloquial) Short for Campylobacter.
Etymology
Adjective
campy (comparative campier, superlative campiest)
Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
Synonyms
• (characterized by camp or kitsch): camp, corny, hammy, silly, tawdry, vulgar
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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