barista
verbEtymology Borrowed from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar (from English bar) + -ista (“-ist”); compare barman.
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To work as a barista.
- I helped out in the business while I was at school—we all did, whether it was washing up or baristaing or clearing the tables for Dad and washing them down when the shop closed—but this one night I was meant to be working a late shift when I had a chance to play in a concert. […] Are you still OK for another half-hour lesson on baristaing, tonight? […] ‘It’s advanced baristaing—an extra,’ he admitted.2007, Kate Hardy [pseudonym; Pamela Brooks], In Bed with Her Italian Boss, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 24:
- Nevertheless, we’ll both be done with barista-ing soon.2009, Laura Schaefer, The Teashop Girls, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 220:
4 more examples
- We hadn’t exchanged a word since our stupid tiff at TSB—we’d just baristaed side by side in silence, which isn’t easy when your workspace is the size of a broom closet.2009, Jody Gehrman, Triple Shot Bettys in Love, Dial Books, →ISBN:
- If pure chance guided me to glory in the heady world of competitive barista-ing, the rewards came to be measured in frustration.2011, Andrew Wear, “The Flavor of Choice: Neoliberalism and the Espresso Aesthetic”, in Scott F. Parker, Michael W. Austin, editors, Coffee – Philosophy for Everyone: Grounds for Debate, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 163:
- But it was crappy of me to steal instead of bartending or barista-ing or temping or something.2013, K.W. Taylor, “Doomed”, in Sarah Hans, editor, Sidekicks!, Alliteration Ink, →ISBN, page 170:
- Barista Boy grins and goes back to barista-ing.2015, Jo Knowles, Read Between the Lines, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 57: