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KOPI LUWAK
- A rare type of coffee brewed from beans grown on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi, which are gathered after having been eaten and then excreted by a type of a small marsupial called the paradoxurus, a cat-like tree-dwelling animal commonly called a "luwak," indigenous to Indonesia, which allegedly only eats the ripest, reddest coffee cherries, and its stomach enzymes allegedly enhance the flavor of the brewed coffee, described as "heavy-bodied," "earthy," "musty," "syrupy," with hints of chocolate and caramel; the coffee has been known to fetch $175 for each quarter pound.
- Usage: Coverage of story by a national cable news network.
Source: From report, article on The Coffee Critic.
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TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
- Fear of the number 13.
- Usage: Spoken during business interview on Friday the 13th.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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