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

  1. 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."

  2. Cup of coffee as a noun (figurative):

    One's personal preference.

  3. Cup of coffee as a noun:

  1. Cup of joe as a noun (chiefly, US, idiomatic):

    A cup of coffee.

  2. Cup of joe as a noun (figurative):

    One's personal preference.

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