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.
See foo. Used in this context by Jack Speer, originally for the fannish ghod of mimeography in the 1930s.
Foo
(dated, fandom slang, jocular) A mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod.
• ghod
• Ghu
• oof
foo (plural foos)
(historical, obsolete) Alternative form of fu: an administrative subdivision of imperial China; the capital of such divisions.
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”)
foo
Expression of disappointment or disgust.
• (expression of disgust): darn, drat
foo (plural foos)
(slang) Pronunciation spelling of fool.
• oof
Source: Wiktionary
19 January 2025
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
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.