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by banannie on February 9th, 2005

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Why do people call a cup of coffee a "cup of joe"?

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  • by Kilroy on June 3rd, 2008

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    While it all sounds like fun, the true origin (yes I was there, yes I'm old)was from word games that were very popular in the 30's and 40's "give us some java Joe" because it rolled off the tongue, it became the phrase of choice and the chuckle was that it didn't matter if the servers name wasn't Joe .. and it became cute to shorten it to give us some, Joe ... then just give me a cup of Joe.

    Yours truly
    Kilroy

    Post Script:
    Keep in mind we called Germans, Gerry and the Asians/Chinese, Charlie. Word play continued past WWII ... Joltin Joe DiMaggio and jumping Joe DiMaggio, think it's safe to say it still is an American pastime to play with words.

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