According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
CREOLIZE
creolize
(verb) develop into a creole; “pidgins often creolize”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
creolize (third-person singular simple present creolizes, present participle creolizing, simple past and past participle creolized)
(linguistics) To cause a pidgin language rapidly expanding in vocabulary and grammatical rules to become ultimately a creole.
To render an imported object 'localised'; to produce variations which give an object a regional flavour.
Source: Wiktionary
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