Starbies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Starbucks with -ie.
Senses: examples: text: In fact the ad’s appeal is just as aggressive and self-satisfied as any unreconstructed 1980s ‘greed is good’ type of message. It also casts Starbucks’ brand character as someone who ‘hates Christmas’. If this ad were run in the US it might even inspire some militant carolistas to sue Starbies for discrimination and incitement to violence.
ref: 2003, Jennifer Wood, Barney Allan, Everything You Want: Re-inventing Consumers, Brands & Communications, Capstone, →ISBN, pages 124–125:
text: A pastry at Starbies and a mocha. […] At any rate, the scones at Starbies are one of my guilty pleasures, and I look forward to my two hours of heaven every Sunday.
ref: 2006, Julie Kenner, The Manolo Matrix, Downtown Press, →ISBN, page 13:
text: Finally, with a little help from Starbies, we sobered up.
ref: 2007, Dee Davis, A Match Made on Madison, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 259:
text: Starbies run?
ref: 2010, 2010 Milestone, The Governor’s Academy, page 159:
text: ‘Want a coffee or anything?’ he asked. ‘I’m going down to Starbies.’
ref: 2013, Lindsey Kelk, I Heart Christmas, Harper, →ISBN, page 124:
text: There’s a Starbies in the lower level—see you down there.
ref: 2014, Bob Odenkirk, A Load of Hooey: A Collection of New Short Humor Fiction, San Francisco, Calif.: McSweeney’s, →ISBN, page 40:
text: Come witching hour (or after 4 p.m. at select Starbucks locations), you’ll find us ordering a Decaf Triple Venti Non-Fat Pinot Noir, hoping indoor playgrounds at Starbies will be next.
ref: 2014 November, Sabrina James, “Starbucks wine”, in Parents, page 15:
text: As it turns out, coconut milk has been the second-most coffee-affiliated requested item on the website MyStarbucksIdea.com, a site for Starbies enthusiasts to put in their requests for an improved experience.
ref: 2015 September 4, “Vancity Buzz”, in The Province, Vancouver, B.C., page 2:
text: Some people live and breathe by Starbies and others just can’t stand the price.
ref: 2017 May 15, Zach Bethel, “How to calm your coffee cravings in Tallahassee”, in The Almanac, page 35:
text: For all of her fanciness, Sabrina still prefers Dunkin’ Donuts over Starbies; a fact that I will forever tease her for.
ref: 2018, Cynthia A. Rodriguez, Evol, →ISBN:
text: […] others (OK maybe just one person) wondered if Starbucks would ever respond to their well-written proposal to introduce America to the Zucchiniccino. (No biggie Starbies, I’ll just be over here getting rich.)
ref: 2018 September 2, Michael Andor Brodeur, “It’s a Thing: A Review of the Week Online”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 294, number 64, page B16:
text: Claire’s looking for someone who wants to spend this fall drinking pumpkin spice lattes from Starbies, burning Bath & Body Works new fall collection candles, and watching all of her favorite scary movies; […]
ref: 2019 September 11, “Labor Day weekend ends with labor of love”, in The Daily Journal, volume 145, number 254, section “Dogs of the week”, page 4B:
text: This does *not* mean that you should fault yourself for wanting to feel loved and appreciated—and it’s not always a red flag if someone compliments you or knows your Starbies order by heart early on.
ref: 2021 October, Taylor Andrews, “This scary, cultish dating trend has gone mainstream”, in Cosmopolitan, page 61:
glosses: Starbucks.