22 Words That Have A Different Meaning When You're A Coffee Addict

It's your vo-caff-ulary.

1. Caffeine

Warner Bros. TV

What it normally means: A chemical that helps keep you awake.

What it means to coffee addicts: The reason you drink coffee and the way you keep yourself alive at the office.

2. Black

FOX

What it normally means: The darkest color.

What it means to coffee addicts: How you take your coffee when you mean BUSINESS.

3. Milk

sommer-regn.tumblr.com

What it normally means: What female mammals produce to feed their newborn offspring.

What it means to coffee addicts: Basically, how you identify as a coffee drinker. Soy? Skim? Almond?

4. Starbucks

What it normally means: An international chain of coffee shops.

What it means to coffee addicts: Your mecca.

5. Name

What it normally means: What you are legally referred to by.

What it means to coffee addicts: What your barista spells incorrectly on your coffee cup.

6. Shot

What it normally means: How you take your hard alcohol, duh.

What it means to coffee addicts: How you take your espresso, duh.

7. Line

What it normally means: A large group of people waiting in order.

What it means to coffee addicts: The bane of your existence, most often found at Starbucks.

8. Bladder

Disney

What it normally means: One of your internal organs.

What it means to coffee addicts: The one part of your body that gets some SERIOUS use because of your coffee addiction.

9. Ice

E!

What it normally means: Frozen water.

What it means to coffee addicts: How you take your coffee when it's summer. And sometimes fall and spring. And occasionally in the winter.

10. Espresso

What it normally means: A highly concentrated type of coffee.

What it means to coffee addicts: The fancy European stuff that people love to draw art in.

11. Tall

What it normally means: The opposite of short; the quality of possessing height.

What it means to coffee addicts: The small size at Starbucks no one orders.

12. Grande

heyfunniest.com

What it normally means: The last name of Ariana, a pint-sized pop star.

What it means to coffee addicts: The reasonable size at Starbucks.

13. Venti

Britney Spears Vevo

What it normally means: "Twenty" in Italian.

What it means to coffee addicts: Your Starbucks order when you are not screwing around.

14. Half-and-half

Organic Valley

What it normally means: Two parts that make up a whole.

What it means to coffee addicts: How mere mortals get their coffee to be drinkable.

15. Order

What it normally means: The manner in which business is conducted.

What it means to coffee addicts: Your identity as a coffee drinker. For instance, I'm a venti iced coffee with skim milk and caramel (vanilla if I'm feeling ~adventurous~).

16. Cup

CBS TV

What it normally means: A device you use to drink liquid.

What it means to coffee addicts: The absolute bare minimum amount of coffee you will have on a daily basis. Admit it, you're probably having two or three.

17. Tea

Fox

What it normally means: A drink brewed from tea leaves.

What it means to coffee addicts: A drink for the weak.

18. Breath

Columbia

What it normally means: The air you exhale after breathing — can smell bad or good.

What it means when you're a coffee addict: Yours is permanently ruined because of your coffee addiction.

19. Spill

MGM

What it normally means: The act of liquids accidentally getting out of their container.

What it means to coffee addicts: Something that happens all too often, with dire consequences.

20. Barista

What it normally means: A person who makes coffee for a living.

What it means to coffee addicts: The person who has memorized your coffee order.

21. Decaf

NBC

What it normally means: Coffee without the caffeine.

What it means to coffee addicts: NOT AN OPTION.

22. Coffee

Marvel

What it normally means: A caffeinated beverage.

What it means to coffee addicts: Your one true love, your lifeblood, your significant other.