Baristo
//bəˈɹɪstəʊ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A specifically male barista. hypercorrect, nonstandard
"Starbucks also faces slumping morale and employee burnout among its store managers and its once-cheery army of baristos."
Example
More examples"Starbucks also faces slumping morale and employee burnout among its store managers and its once-cheery army of baristos."
Etymology
From barista (“bartender”), the -a having been interpreted 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.
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