Baristo
Pronunciation
- IPA: en, /b????st??/
Origin
From barista ("bartender"), the -a having been interpreted as the feminine singular ending -a, and then substituted with the masculine singular ending -o to specify a masculine, rather than feminine, agent noun.
Full definition of baristo
Noun
- (nonstandard, hypercorrect) A specifically male barista.
- 2002, Starbucks also faces slumping morale and employee burnout among its store managers and its once-cheery army of baristos.
- 2003, Philip Edward Baruth, The X President: a novel, On the other side of me a table holds several tureens of brewed coffee; additionally, a small man in a white coat stands beside a cappuccino maker. He is the official baristo of this White House coffee.
- 2006, SIR —
As a Starbucks baristo, I was pleased to read your even-handed treatment of the Ethiopian trademarking controversy. - 2006, Rachel Sarah, Single Mom Seeking: Playdates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World, I walk over to Feet’s Coffee & Tea on Vine Street and tell the young #baristo, “My daughter started preschool today.” He gives me a coffee on the house.
- 2006, Rebecca Agiewich, BreakupBabe: a novel, The cute baristo. He’d somehow slipped in unnoticed again, and was now behind the counter in a sky blue T-shirt ...
- 2008, Jennifer Stevenson, The Velvet Chair, At the door, the baristo from Starbucks peeked in. His lime green hair seemed to stick straight up when he saw Jewel. “I brought you another latte. ...”