hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius
(noun) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
Hippo, Hippo Regius
(noun) an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria
Source: WordNet® 3.1
HiPPO (plural HiPPOs)
(business) Initialism of highest-paid person's opinion.
hippo (plural hippos)
Clipping of hippopotamus.
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
