(slang, US, mostly, New England) To be in high spirits; to feel frisky.
(slang, US, mostly, New England) To be in high spirits; to feel frisky.
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(US, slang, mostly, New England) High spirits.
Informal slang for coffee, playing on the fact that coffee is brewed from roasted coffee beans — making it, technically, bean water. The term is used affectionately and humorously by coffee drinkers and detractors alike; the slightly reductive label can be self-deprecating ('I need my beanwater') or mock-dismissive ('just beanwater'). A secondary, older sense refers to actual water in which beans have been cooked, and a regional New England US sense meant high spirits or energy (possibly via the stimulant association). The coffee sense is the most current.
Has three distinct senses: the most common slang use is coffee, treating the drink as simply water filtered through beans. A literal sense covers the water left after boiling beans. A New England slang sense refers to high spirits or energy. The coffee sense is the most recognizable and widely used today, often in affectionate self-deprecating humor among coffee drinkers.
(slang) Coffee.