coffee up

verb. to drink coffee in conscious preparation for needed alertness and mental stamina. variation of "cowboy up."

I have to coffee up before boring seminars at work; otherwise I'll sleep through them.

If I don't coffee up by 10 am, I can't get anything done all day.

coffee up by Ryan Anderson August 3, 2007

Coffee Up

Minted by legendary ODOT workhorse Monica K. to mean "get enough caffeine in my system to make this mind-numbingly boring task/meeting/concept/social environment/monotonous auditory drone tolerable for exactly the length of time it will last and not one (expletive deleted) instant longer.

You'd best coffee up, this meeting is liable to be about the importance of "affect" versus "effect" in spoken correspondence.

-or-

I'm gonna coffee up, this may get dull.

-or-

Coffee up, bitches, this ain't stir your cesspool one damn bit.

Coffee Up by Ken no Oni October 21, 2008

Coffee-up 

Drinking a lot of coffee to stay up late or get some energy for an activity. coffee, hot coffee, java, java juice, wake up, stay up, stay up late, Starbucks, energy drink

I gotta study for my mid-terms this weekend, so I'm gonna coffee-up.

Coffee-up by joecoolthefool April 20, 2016

Warm up my coffee

A lie to tell someone when you want/need to sneak off to have a cigarette or to get an extra break from work or any activity.

Kenny, would you mind watching my line so i can go warm up my coffee?

Warm up my coffee by Pleased Peasant January 31, 2020

Warm up my coffee

Slang used in the food and drink industry when a person’s coffee has become cold, and the customer or server asks to refill their cup with coffee from a hot pot.

Ma’am, can you warm up my coffee by pouring in some from that hot freshly made batch?

Warm up my coffee by justsayruh October 10, 2021

gay up the coffee

adding a little Scotch, Whisky, Gin, Vodka, or really any alcohol, to your mornin' coffee

Oh do be a darling and gay up the coffee, will you? Thaaaaanks!

gay up the coffee by Sudoku December 25, 2007

Peters up a coffee

As a trade employee, on your way to work before going to the jobsite, you stop in at your employers office to take a shit & steal a coffee

Just gonna stop at the office to peters up a coffee

Peters up a coffee by tbor852 November 4, 2025