baristo
English
Etymology
From barista (“espresso-server”), the -a having been misinterpreted as the Italian feminine singular ending -a, and then substituted with the masculine singular ending -o to specify a masculine, rather than feminine, agent noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈɹisto/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈɹɪstəʊ/
Noun
baristo (plural baristi or baristos)
- (hypercorrect) A specifically male barista.
- 2002: Business week, page 102 (McGraw-Hill, Inc.)
- 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, page 65 (Bantam Books; →ISBN, 9780553802948)
- 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: The Economist, volume 381, page 16 (Economist Newspaper Ltd.)
- SIR —
As a Starbucks baristo, I was pleased to read your even-handed treatment of the Ethiopian trademarking controversy.
- SIR —
- 2006: Rachel Sarah, Single Mom Seeking: Playdates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World, page 111 (Seal Press; →ISBN, 9781580051668)
- 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, page 50 (Ballantine Books; →ISBN, 9780345484000)
- 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, page 71 (Ballantine Books; →ISBN, 9780345486691)
- 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. […] ”
- 2002: Business week, page 102 (McGraw-Hill, Inc.)