Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
DRONGO
Etymology 1
Noun
drongo (plural drongos)
Any bird of the family Dicruridae.
Etymology 2
Noun
drongo (plural drongos)
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow.
Synonyms
• (clumsy fool; idiot): cretin, doilem (Geordie), dufus, fool, glaik (Geordie), idiot, mong
Anagrams
• Gordon, Grodno
Source: Wiktionary
Dron"go, n.; pl. Drongos (. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A passerine bird of the family Dicruridæ. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Australia; -- called also drongo shrikes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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