Slinging coffee

[Benjamin Barrett]

It sounded as though it were a revived usage to me. Nevertheless,
according to Google, people sling hamburgers, sandwiches and computers.
Jewelry and milkshakes get one hit each, though no hits for desserts or
pets. BB

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> People have been "slinging" (serving or handing out) stuff since the 19th C., and Wilson's slightly  different sense is probably at least as old.
>
>   JL
>
> Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>
> 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.
>
> -Wilson
>
> On 2/10/08, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>
>> I've heard the expression "sling coffee" meaning "work as a barista"
>> only from baristas, but Webidence indicates it's more than just jargon:
>>
>> 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)
>>
>> 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)
>>
>> 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,
>> http://shyoot.blogspot.com/2006/03/there-were-parts-of-advertising-i.html)
>>
>> 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,
>> http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2007/05/21/day-one-of-my-starving-artist-phase/)
>>
>> BB
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