Fivebucks

n. Starbucks, an American retail chain of coffee shops. Subjects: English, Food & Drink, Retail, Derogatory, Slang

Editorial Note: Common variants are Threebucks, Fourbucks, and Sixbucks. Much rarer are Sevenbucks and Eightbucks.

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Citations: 1998 Usenet: alt.fairs.renaissance (Nov. 19) “Re: OT?: Barnes & Noble protest”: They serve better coffee beverages. None o’ this Fivebucks crap like at B&N. 2001 Terry C. Shannon Usenet: comp.sys.dec (Oct. 10) “Re: Is Alpha going away?”: A commitment and a dollar seventy five will get you a cup of coffee at a Fivebucks(tm) franchise, but that’s about it. 2004 Usenet: rec.motorcycles.dirt (Aug. 24) “Re: Latest MX of N and Alessi news in one single post”: Where’s the nearest FiveBucks coffee shop? 2006 [Monón (Efraín Martínez)] EfraMart (Chicago, Illinois) (Apr. 26) “Monón se queda locked out”: Piensa en el rico café que dejó preparando y en el rico sandwich que se va a hacer para mojarlo en el rico y procesado aroma de Fivebucks (es que le cambiaron el nombre pues le queda mejor éste que el de Starbucks ya que todo te costará más de cinco dólares). 2006 Ryan Clements Skatepark of Tampa (Florida) (May 22) “Skating, Swearing, and Sunburns in 32 Hours”: We packed up the site and headed to Fivebucks (Starbucks). After my caffeine fix we took a dip in the ocean. 2006 [mrsnuggles623] mrsnuggles623’s Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) (May 26) “The Butcher speaks”: I’m in a starbucks, also known as “fivebucks.”

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