Different words for coffee according to how it’s made—very weak:
| DISHWATER | 306 |
| WEAK | 66 |
| WEAK AS WATER | 51 |
| SLOP | 35 |
| COLORED WATER | 26 |
| WATERY | 18 |
| WATER | 17 |
| WEAK AS TEA | 12 |
| WEAK COFFEE | 12 |
| LIKE TEA | 10 |
| WEAK AS DISHWATER | 10 |
| INSIPID | 9 |
| LIKE WATER | 8 |
| WEAK AS POND WATER | 8 |
| WEAK AS STUMP WATER | 8 |
| SCARED WATER | 7 |
| TEA | 7 |
| TOO WEAK | 7 |
| BRANCH WATER | 6 |
| LIGHT | 6 |
| LIKE DISHWATER | 6 |
| NR | 6 |
| LOOKS LIKE TEA | 5 |
| MILD | 5 |
| PALE | 5 |
| WEAK AS BRANCHWATER | 5 |
| HOT WATER | 4 |
| THIN | 4 |
| VERY WEAK | 4 |
| BILGEWATER | 3 |
| COFFEE WATER | 3 |
| DITCHWATER | 3 |
| NO GOOD | 3 |
| NOT FIT TO DRINK | 3 |
| SLOPS | 3 |
| SO WEAK YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP | 3 |
| STUMP WATER | 3 |
| TROUBLED WATER | 3 |
| WEAK AS A KITTEN | 3 |
| BOILED COFFEE | 2 |
| BOILED WATER | 2 |
| COULD SEE THROUGH IT | 2 |
| FORGOT TO PUT THE COFFEE IN | 2 |
| INSTANT | 2 |
| JUST LIKE WATER | 2 |
| MUDDY WATER | 2 |
| PERKED | 2 |
| SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP | 2 |
| STAINED WATER | 2 |
| TASTES LIKE TEA | 2 |
| VERY LIGHT | 2 |
| WARM WATER | 2 |
| WATER BEWITCHED | 2 |
| WATER COFFEE | 2 |
| WEAK AS A CAT | 2 |
| WEAK SISTER | 2 |
| WEAKER THAN WATER | 2 |
| WISHY-WASHY | 2 |
| YANKEE COFFEE | 2 |
| ANEMIC | 1 |
| BABY-COFFEE | 1 |
| BAD COFFEE | 1 |
| BAYOU WATER | 1 |
| BEEN HEATED UP ALL DAY | 1 |
| BEEN OUT IN THE RAIN | 1 |
| BEEN SIEVED | 1 |
| BLAH | 1 |
| BLEAK | 1 |
| BOILED | 1 |
| BOILED A DISHRAG IN IT | 1 |
| BOILED AN OLD SOCK IN IT | 1 |
| BOILED THE GROUNDS | 1 |
| BOILING WATER | 1 |
| BRAN | 1 |
| BROWN MIXTURE | 1 |
| BUSH | 1 |
| CALICO COFFEE (OR TEA) | 1 |
| CALICO TEA | 1 |
| CAMBRIC | 1 |
| CAME A LONG WAY BY WATER | 1 |
| CAN READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH IT | 1 |
| CAN SEE THROUGH IT | 1 |
| CHEDGE WATER | 1 |
| CHENCH WATER | 1 |
| COFFEE AND WATER HAD A TRIAL | 1 |
| COFFEE BEGRUDGED AND WATER BEWITCHED | 1 |
| COFFEE JUST PASSED BY IT | 1 |
| COFFEE MUST BE ALL | 1 |
| COFFEE SPOILED | 1 |
| COFFEE THAT WADED ACROSS THE RIVER | 1 |
| COFFEE WARMED UP AGAIN | 1 |
| COFFEE’S TOO WEAK | 1 |
| COLORED DISHWATER | 1 |
| COMPANY COFFEE | 1 |
| COULD SEE WHAT MAKE OF CUP IT IS | 1 |
| COULD SWIM ACROSS IT | 1 |
| COULD USE A CRUTCH | 1 |
| COW PISS | 1 |
| CREEK WATER | 1 |
| DAMN POOR COFFEE | 1 |
| DIDN’T PUT NO COFFEE IN THE POT | 1 |
| DIRTY WATER | 1 |
| DISHWASHY | 1 |
| DISHWATER COFFEE | 1 |
| DON’T TAKE AS MUCH WATER TO MAKE COFFEE AS SOME PEOPLE THINK | 1 |
| DRIDDLE WATER | 1 |
| DRIP | 1 |
| DROWNED WITH WHITEWASH | 1 |
| DUCK COFFEE | 1 |
| FAN IT TO KEEP IT ALIVE | 1 |
| FLAVORED WATER | 1 |
| FORGOT TO PUT A BEAN IN THAT | 1 |
| FORGOT TO PUT IN THE COFFEE | 1 |
| FROM THE COLOR I COULDN’T TELL IT FROM TEA | 1 |
| GOOD EMETIC | 1 |
| GRANDMA’S COFFEE | 1 |
| HAD TO SIT DOWN | 1 |
| HALF WATER | 1 |
| HAS TO REST A WHILE BEFORE YOU CAN DRINK IT | 1 |
| HAVE TO HAVE TWO CUPS TO MAKE ONE | 1 |
| HAVE TO HELP THIS COFFEE TO THE TABLE | 1 |
| HORSE PISS | 1 |
| HOT COLORED WATER | 1 |
| I CAN READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH IT | 1 |
| IF YOU COULD SEE THE BOTTOM IT WASN’T COFFEE | 1 |
| IS THIS TEA OR COFFEE | 1 |
| I’VE RUN INTO A GOOD POT OF WATER | 1 |
| JAVA COFFEE | 1 |
| JERKWATER | 1 |
| JUST AS WELL DRINK WATER | 1 |
| JUST LIKE DISHWATER | 1 |
| JUST LIKE SAGE TEA | 1 |
| JUST RAN THE COFFEE BEAN THROUGH IT | 1 |
| KINDA LIKE MUDDY WATER | 1 |
| LIKE A BABY AIN’T WALK YET | 1 |
| LIKE PISS | 1 |
| LIKE SOUP | 1 |
| LIKE STUMP WATER | 1 |
| LOOKED AT THE WATER | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE IT CAME IN ON CRUTCHES | 1 |
| LOUSY | 1 |
| LOUSY COFFEE | 1 |
| MAY AS WELL DRINK WATER | 1 |
| MIGHT AS WELL DRINK WATER | 1 |
| MORE TEA THAN COFFEE | 1 |
| MUST HAVE FORGOT TO PUT IN THE COFFEE | 1 |
| NEEDS A CRUTCH | 1 |
| NEEDS A REST | 1 |
| NEEDS A STICK IN IT | 1 |
| NEEDS THE PRIEST | 1 |
| NEEDS TO REST A WHILE | 1 |
| NO MORE THAN NINE GRAINS TO THE GALLON | 1 |
| NORTHERN COFFEE | 1 |
| NOT MUCH COFFEE | 1 |
| NOTHING BUT HOT WATER | 1 |
| OCEAN TEA | 1 |
| PALE COFFEE | 1 |
| PASSED THROUGH MANY WATERS | 1 |
| PEE | 1 |
| POND WATER | 1 |
| POO OUT | 1 |
| POOR | 1 |
| POOR COFFEE | 1 |
| PRETEND-TO-BE COFFEE | 1 |
| PRETTY THIN | 1 |
| PUNY | 1 |
| PUTRID | 1 |
| SAME AS WATER | 1 |
| SEE THE BOTTOM | 1 |
| SEE YOURSELF IN IT | 1 |
| “SET CUP ON THE FLOOR, IT MIGHT FALL OFF THE TABLE” | 1 |
| SHOOT A CATFISH IN IT | 1 |
| SICK | 1 |
| SICK COFFEE | 1 |
| SICKENING | 1 |
| SICKLY | 1 |
| SISSY STUFF | 1 |
| SLOPPY | 1 |
| SLOPPY COFFEE | 1 |
| SLUMGULLION | 1 |
| SO THICK YOU CUT IT WITH A KNIFE | 1 |
| SO WEAK IT COULDN’T LIFT ITS HEAD | 1 |
| SO WEAK IT COULDN’T STAND ALONE | 1 |
| SO WEAK IT COULDN’T WALK | 1 |
| SO WEAK IT WON’T HARDLY RUN OUT OF THE POT | 1 |
| SO WEAK IT WOULD SHED TEARS | 1 |
| SO WEAK IT’S HELPLESS | 1 |
| SO WEAK THAT IT’LL FALL OFF THE TABLE | 1 |
| SO WEAK YOU CAN SEE THE CHURCH PEOPLE IN IT | 1 |
| SO WEAK YOU CAN SEE YOUR SHADOW IN IT | 1 |
| SO WEAK YOU COULD SEE THROUGH IT | 1 |
| SO WEAK YOU HAVE TO PROP IT UP | 1 |
| SOMEONE’S STINGY WITH HER COFFEE | 1 |
| SORRY | 1 |
| SOUP | 1 |
| SPOILED WATER | 1 |
| SPRING WATER | 1 |
| STILTS | 1 |
| STRONG AS LYE | 1 |
| SWALLOWED THE RIVER | 1 |
| TASTELESS | 1 |
| TASTES LIKE DISHWATER | 1 |
| TASTES LIKE IT SWUM THE BRANCH | 1 |
| TASTES LIKE WATER | 1 |
| THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE LAST OF IT | 1 |
| THEY MUST HAVE DIPPED THE BEANS IN WATER | 1 |
| THROAT WASH | 1 |
| TOO WATERY | 1 |
| TOO WEAK TO CRAWL | 1 |
| TOO WEAK TO DRINK | 1 |
| TOO WEAK TO RUN OUT OF THE CUP | 1 |
| TOO WEAK TO SET ON THE TABLE | 1 |
| TOO WEAK TO STAND ALONE | 1 |
| TOO WEAK TO STAND ON THE TABLE | 1 |
| WATER SPOILED | 1 |
| WATERED | 1 |
| WATERED COFFEE | 1 |
| WATERED-DOWN | 1 |
| WEAK AS A DISHRAG | 1 |
| WEAK AS EYE WATER | 1 |
| WEAK AS HOT WATER | 1 |
| WEAK AS PANTHER PEE | 1 |
| WEAK AS PEE | 1 |
| WEAK AS SLOP | 1 |
| WEAK AS SODA WATER | 1 |
| WEAK AS TEA WATER | 1 |
| WEAK AS WASH | 1 |
| WEAK BREW | 1 |
| WEAK ENOUGH SO YOU CAN SEE YOUR FEET | 1 |
| WEAK ENOUGH TO FALL OFF THE TABLE | 1 |
| WEAK ENOUGH TO LIE DOWN | 1 |
| WEAK LIKE WATER | 1 |
| WEAK WATER | 1 |
| WEAK-KNEED | 1 |
| WON’T KEEP YOU AWAKE | 1 |
| WON’T LOSE ANY SLEEP DRINKING THAT | 1 |
| WON’T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER THIS COFFEE | 1 |
| WOULDN’T KEEP A FLY ALIVE | 1 |
| YOU CAN READ THE NEWSPAPER THROUGH IT | 1 |
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