bus, jalopy, heap
(noun) a car that is old and unreliable; “the fenders had fallen off that old bus”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Apparently all dictionaries say that the etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico, to whose scrap yards used cars were often sent from New Orleans starting in the 1920s. First recorded written use in 1924.
jalopy (plural jalopies)
(US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
(US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile.
• banger, beater, bucket of bolts, clunker, crate, flivver, hooptie, junker, rattletrap, rustbucket, tin Lizzie,lemon
Source: Wiktionary
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
