# How many slang words for 'coffee'? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [March 22, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043 "2007-03-22T17:29:32Z") **Posts on this page:** 12 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A) #### Post date: [March 22, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/1 "2007-03-22T17:29:32Z")
I’m not talking about ‘latte’ or ‘cappuccino’ or ‘cafe au lait’, but actual slang words for ‘coffee’. Here are the ones I thought of: [ul][li]Joe[/li][li]Java[/li][li]Jamook/Jamoke[/li]Mud[/ul] ---
### Author: ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama) #### Post date: [March 22, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/2 "2007-03-22T17:58:47Z")
Leaded and Unleaded (Caf and Decaf) ---
### Author: ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane) #### Post date: [March 22, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/3 "2007-03-22T18:11:29Z")
30 weight. (trucker’s venacular) ---
### Author: ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir) #### Post date: [March 22, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/4 "2007-03-22T18:11:43Z")
- High- or low-octane (for caffeinated and decaffeinated) - My morning jolt - Caffeine infusion - A splash - Cuppa - Black gold ---
### Author: ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus) #### Post date: [March 22, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/5 "2007-03-22T19:18:48Z")
Reminds me of the old Java Joe coffeehouse, from the days of the Brief Flowering Of Independent Coffeehouses in West L.A, circa 1993. I used to live at Brockton and Wilshire, and there were five or six places within walking distance. Now there’s only one–the first. Java Joe’s slogan was: “Two names for coffee, one great place”. ---
### Author: ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu) #### Post date: [March 22, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/6 "2007-03-22T19:30:30Z")
Crotch. ---
### Author: ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat) #### Post date: [March 22, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/7 "2007-03-22T20:01:00Z")
Wake-up Juice ---
### Author: ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore) #### Post date: [March 22, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/8 "2007-03-22T20:36:05Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] - Cuppa [/QUOTE] Doesn’t “cuppa” mean tea? ---
### Author: ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii) #### Post date: [March 22, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/9 "2007-03-22T20:45:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] Doesn’t “cuppa” mean tea? [/QUOTE] It all depends on where you’re from. I’ve heard it refer to both tea and coffee, but coffee often has “joe” tacked onto the end of “cuppa” for clarity’s sake. ---
### Author: ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu) #### Post date: [March 23, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/10 "2007-03-23T18:09:53Z")
Geek Juice ---
### Author: ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott) #### Post date: [March 23, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/11 "2007-03-23T21:10:47Z")
Beta juice (for making beta brain waves) Jump start Plug me in ---
### Author: ![Roboto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roboto) #### Post date: [March 24, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slang-words-for-coffee/397043/12 "2007-03-24T01:01:57Z")
Poop water