Starbies
Starbies proper noun: starbucks.
Proper noun
Starbies
- 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 run in the US it might even inspire some militant carolistas to sue Starbies for...2003, Jennifer Wood, Barney Allan, Everything You Want: Re-inventing Consumers, Brands & Communications, Capstone, →ISBN, pages 124–125
- 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 Press, →ISBN, page 13
Noun
Starbies (plural Starbies)
- 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 China. And still treat themselves with a Starbies here and there!2017, Kashlee Kucheran, The High Maintenance Minimalist: A Modern Guide to Downsizing, Decluttering and Creating the Freedom to Travel More, →ISBN
- ❑ 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
Examples of Starbies in a sentence
- If this ad were run in the US it might even inspire some militant carolistas to sue Starbies for discrimination and incitement to violence.2003, Jennifer Wood, Barney Allan, Everything You Want: Re-inventing Consumers, Brands & Communications, Capstone, →ISBN, pages 124–125:
- 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:
- ‘Want a coffee or anything?’ he asked. ‘I’m going down to Starbies.’2013, Lindsey Kelk, I Heart Christmas, Harper, →ISBN, page 124:
- There’s a Starbies in the lower level—see you down there.2014, Bob Odenkirk, A Load of Hooey: A Collection of New Short Humor Fiction, San Francisco, Calif.: McSweeney’s, →ISBN, page 40:
Forms of Starbies
| plural | Starbies |
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Origin of Starbies
Clipping of Starbucks with -ies.
Questions about Starbies
- What does Starbies mean?
- Starbies means starbucks.
- How do you use Starbies in a sentence?
- If this ad were run in the US it might even inspire some militant carolistas to sue Starbies for discrimination and incitement to violence.
- What part of speech is Starbies?
- Starbies can be a proper noun or a noun.
Words near Starbies in the dictionary
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