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.
JAKE
Adjective
jake (comparative more jake, superlative most jake)
(slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
Noun
jake (countable and uncountable, plural jakes)
(US) A juvenile male turkey.
(New York, slang) police, a federal government officer.
(slang) A police officer (on foot, rather than in a patrol car)
(US, slang, uncountable) Jamaica ginger
A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.
Verb
jake (third-person singular simple present jakes, present participle jaking, simple past and past participle jaked)
(transitive) To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person.
Etymology
Proper noun
Jake (plural Jakes)
A male given name.
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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