What about coffee mate?
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Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoGenerally speaking, -mate means you share that thing. So housemate, flatmate, workmate etc.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Have you seen coffee prices these days? My coffeemate and I would prefer our own, but we have no choice but to “Lady and the Tramp” a grande caramel macchiato every morning.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
With or without straws
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Two sipping at once makes it fun
Etterra@discuss.online 1 month ago
I mean that stuff is fine but I prefer milk.
Etterra@discuss.online 1 month ago
In America it can mean either, though in college it usually refers to a dorm mate, which often house 2 people. It also describes people who share an apartment/house but have separate rooms.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
That’s because the typical American is a semi literate troglodyte, anywhere else you would refer to someone like that as a flatmate or housemate.
Etterra@discuss.online 1 month ago
You must be British.
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Bri’ish*
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
In Britain, no one would think roommates slept in the same room. The possible words for that would be ones like spouse or sibling and anyone else sharing a bedroom outside of an army barracks or youth hostel would be super weird.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
No, I just use words properly.