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.
FOO
Etymology
See foo. Used in this context by Jack Speer, originally for the fannish ghod of mimeography in the 1930s.
Proper noun
Foo
(dated, fandom slang, jocular) A mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod.
Hypernyms
• ghod
Coordinate terms
• Ghu
Anagrams
• oof
Etymology 1
Noun
foo (plural foos)
(historical, obsolete) Alternative form of fu: an administrative subdivision of imperial China; the capital of such divisions.
Etymology 2
Noun
foo (uncountable)
(programming) A metasyntactic variable used to represent an unspecified entity. If part of a series of such entities, it is often the first in the series, and followed immediately by bar.
(fandom slang) Alternative letter-case form of Foo (“placeholder god”)
Etymology 3
Interjection
foo
Expression of disappointment or disgust.
Synonyms
• (expression of disgust): darn, drat
Etymology 4
Noun
foo (plural foos)
(slang) Pronunciation spelling of fool.
Anagrams
• oof
Source: Wiktionary
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