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.
PORGY
porgy
(noun) important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide
porgy, scup
(noun) lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
porgy (plural porgies)
Any of several fish of the family Sparidae; the sea bream.
In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
Anagrams
• gropy
Source: Wiktionary
Por"gy, n.; pl. Porgies. Etym: [See Paugie.] (Zoöl.) (a) The scup. (b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish. (c) The margate fish. (d) The spadefish. (e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish. [Written also porgee, porgie, and paugy.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
29 May 2025
CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
Coffee Trivia
