camomile_tea
43 post s
19-May-2008
11:59 PM
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Hi, everyone. What are caps in the line below? "I got two bone-dry caps." The person who said talked about coffee and croissants right after if that helps. My best guess is cap(puccino). Do you call it like that?
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Sparky
774 post s
21-May-2008
8:19 AM
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I've never heard it called that, but that doesn't mean no one does so. Still, it doesn't make sense to me. How can coffee be dry? I mean, wine can be spoken of as "dry" but I've never heard the term applied to coffee. Are you sure she didn't say "two bone-dry cups?" Maybe her friend was complaining about wet dishes? Sorry. I have no idea what was really meant.
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TheMudge
The Real Mudge
2728 post s
21-May-2008
9:04 AM
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I agree with Sparky. I've never heard of "bone-dry caps." A cup that is completely drained, however, might be called a "bone-dry cup."
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Rich Turner (The Curmudgeon Himself)
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camomile_tea
44 post s
21-May-2008
9:06 AM
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Thank you, Sparky and Rich. Yes, it was "caps." The line was from a TV show and I found a recap for the scene:
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/gossip_girl/the_wild_brunch.php?page=8 It's at the beginning of the page, and there's another line a little below that goes "Coffee, croissants, Breakfast At Tiffany's." I wasn't really paying attention to the TV screen, so I don't remember what the speaker had in her hand or I don't know anything about the charactors. :'(
Last Edited on 21-May-2008 9:08 AM
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Sparky
775 post s
22-May-2008
6:42 AM
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I checked your link, and you're right! Someone says that drinking cappuccino and watching "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is "our tradition," so she arrives at her friend's place with "two bone-dry caps and Audrey." Audrey can only refer to the movie's star, Audrey Hepburn, so the bone-dry caps must be the drinks. I checked google and found references to "bone-dry caps" described as "foam all the way to the top, eaten with a spoon." Apparently this is new slang that I hadn't encountered. Coffeehouses such as Starbucks seen to have bred a whole culture of their own, with its own jargon.
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camomile_tea
45 post s
22-May-2008
7:19 PM
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Oh, I cound't find the definition at all myself! Thanks, Sparky. :)
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TheMudge
The Real Mudge
2734 post s
22-May-2008
10:27 PM
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Bravo, Sparky! Fine job of research on this.
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Rich Turner (The Curmudgeon Himself)
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