Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TUX
Etymology
Coined by James Hughes as a short form of Torvalds Unix (after Linus Torvalds), perhaps also influenced by the tux (tuxedo) that penguins are sometimes humorously said to be wearing.
Proper noun
Tux
A cuddly cartoon penguin, the official Linux mascot.
Etymology
Shortening.
Noun
tux (plural tuxes)
(colloquial) A tuxedo.
Source: Wiktionary
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