Slinging coffee

[David Bergdahl]

Isn't "slinging hash" what Cookie does in a diner?
-db

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> And then there's "slinging snot," a gross, IMO, slang term all too
> often used by my mother to describe the weeping or crying of a child,
> e.g. your humble correspondent.
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> -Wilson
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> On 2/10/08, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> > I've heard the expression "sling coffee" meaning "work as a barista"
> > only from baristas, but Webidence indicates it's more than just jargon:
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> > Are you tired of being called "just a latte slinger" and having to
> > explain your craft to your family and friends? Does it piss you off that
> > people think that your job requires no skill or education? (12 Feb 2006,
> > teri_lee, http://community.livejournal.com/indie_baristas)
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> > I was not put on this planet to scrub toilets, sling coffee or anything
> > similar. (03-29-05, organica,
> > http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-34800-p-10.html)
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> > But people have always told me that to work on feel-good-warm-fuzzy
> > things you have to sling coffee creamer and cat food the other 364 days
> > of the year. (March 14 , 2006, T,
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> http://shyoot.blogspot.com/2006/03/there-were-parts-of-advertising-i.html)
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> > Jargon:
> > It's no shame, man, to work for a livin'. I'd rather sling coffee for
> > Starbucks than sling verbs for a few newspapers I could name …. (May 21,
> > 2007, Disgruntled Tool-Room Clerk,
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> http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2007/05/21/day-one-of-my-starving-artist-phase/
> )
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> > BB
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