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joe

1[joh]
–noun Scot.
jo.

joe

2[joh]
–noun Slang.
coffee.

Origin:
1840–50; of uncert. orig.

Joe

[joh]
–noun
1. (sometimes lowercase) Informal. fellow; guy: the average Joe who works for a living.
2. Informal. a personification of a typical, often unprepossessing representative of an occupation, personality trait, state of being, etc., that is expressed, sometimes metonymically, as a mock surname: Joe Lunchbucket working hard at some factory and paying his taxes year after year; political con artists relying on the gullibility of Joe Schmo.
3. a male given name, form of Joseph.

jo

[joh]
–noun, plural joes. Scot.
beloved one; darling; sweetheart.
Also, joe.


Origin:
1520–30; var. of joy
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joe   (jō)   
n.   Informal
Brewed coffee.

[Short for (old black) joe, military slang for coffee, from the title of a song by Stephen Foster.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
joe

  1. n.
    coffee. : Yeah, a cup of black joe would be great.
  2. n.
    an ordinary man. : What does the everyday joe make of all this nonsense?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

joe 
"coffee," 1941, of unknown origin. Meaning "generic fellow, man" is from 1846, from the pet-form of Joseph (q.v.). Joe college "typical college man" is from 1932. Joe Blow "average fellow" is U.S. military slang, first recorded 1941.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

joe jargon, security
A computer account whose user name and password are the same. Joes are considered harmful, as are any passwords which are easy to guess.
(1995-06-21)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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