Meaning of 'Bucks | Babel Free

Definitions

Clipping of Starbucks.

abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang

Examples

“The restaurant next door to ’Bucks had more security than the Democratic National Convention. […] This was Java Lounge at ’Bucks; ’Bucks meaning Starbucks, the one in Ladera, an area filled with fast food joints, strip malls, and car dealerships; […]”

“One youth pastor described it to me this way: “I wouldn’t go to the drycleaners because I have an iron at home. But my [senior] pastor would make a ton of Folgers at the office, but won’t go to Starbucks. . . but I would go to ‘Bucks for the environment.””

“I suppose the last thing someone in my nervous state needed was caffeine, but that didn’t stop me from hitting the ’Bucks with Madison and Paige before school the next morning for a soothing Chai latte.”

“There was ’bucks, the coffee-centered franchise intent on conquering the world.”

“When I enter the doors at ’Bucks this morning, my favorite barista Johnnie greets me with, “Hola, Mamá.””

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