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Source: Why do people call a cup of coffee a "cup of joe"? | www.answerbag.com
Description: The Word Detective ( http://www.word-detective.com/041899.html ) is pretty much in agreement. WorldWideWords agrees with the Word Detective, who suggests that "joe" as slang for coffee might be derived from "Joe" as a synonym for "the common man," as in "
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