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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 yahoot on September 9th, 2009

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    maybe there was a guy named Joe who used to go around relieving himself in peoples coffee cups, so they were drinking a cup of Joe....

    Really, it could happen.

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