The difference between Cup of coffee and Cup of joe
When used as nouns, cup of coffee means the situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time, whereas cup of joe means a cup of coffee.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cup of coffee and Cup of joe
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Cup of coffee as a noun (baseball, slang):
The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.
Examples:
"I was up for a cup of coffee once; those were the best six days of my career."
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Cup of coffee as a noun (figurative):
One's personal preference.
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Cup of coffee as a noun:
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Cup of joe as a noun (chiefly, US, idiomatic):
A cup of coffee.
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Cup of joe as a noun (figurative):
One's personal preference.