Starbies
Starbucks.
Proper noun
- Starbucks.
- In fact the ad’s appeal is just as aggressive and self-satisfied as any unreconstructed 1980s ‘greed is good’ type of message. It also casts Starbucks’ brand character as someone who ‘hates Christmas’. If this ad were...
- A pastry at Starbies and a mocha. […] At any rate, the scones at Starbies are one of my guilty pleasures, and I look forward to my two hours of heaven every Sunday. - 2006, Julie Kenner, The Manolo Matrix, Downtown...
- Finally, with a little help from Starbies, we sobered up. - 2007, Dee Davis, A Match Made on Madison, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 259:
Origin
Clipping of Starbucks with -ie.
Noun
- A coffee from Starbucks.
- Alison and Ben grabbed a Kerig on Amazon, but then wanted to try a French press, and then totally splurged on that $5k built in Italian espresso machine, and then said ‘screw it’ and bought a cheapo plastic one from...
- ❑ If you want to piss him off, bring him a Starbies while he’s “working” - 2020, the founders of My “Therapist Says”, My Therapist Says…: Advice You Should Probably (Not) Follow, Rock Point, →ISBN, page 34:
- One TikTok celebrity who has 9 million followers has been dreaming up, ordering, and posting daily coffee drinks she calls “Starbies.” - 2021 June 10, Hugh Robert, “Starbucks coping with complex drink orders”, in The...