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.
LOLLYGAG
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
(verb) be about; “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”; “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
lollygag (third-person singular simple present lollygags, present participle lollygagging, simple past and past participle lollygagged)
(US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
Synonyms: dawdle, shirk, slack, procrastinate, Thesaurus:shirk
(US, dated, 19th-20th centuries) To fool around, especially sexually.
Noun
lollygag (uncountable)
(US) Silliness, nonsense.
Source: Wiktionary
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