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.
THINGAMAJIG
doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget
(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; “she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket”; “there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thingamajig (plural thingamajigs)
(slang) Something that one does not know the name of.
Synonyms
• gizmo
• whatchamacallit
• whatshumacallit
• whatsitsname
• widget
• thing
• thingamabob
• thingy
• doojigger
• doohickey
• doover
• See also thingy
Source: Wiktionary
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