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Coffee Shop Revolutionary 

An individual (coffee shop revolutionary) or group of individuals (revolutionaries) who speculate on the utopia that "could be" following radical societal, governmental, and cultural change without actually taking action to do initiate it.

These coffee shop revolutionaries are comparable to "Armchair Generals" and "Armchair Politician's".

The prefixes of "Coffee Shop-" or "Armchair-" imply that the individual or individuals who desire reform or change lack the interest in making the sacrifices to take part in it. They are also the people who have the luxury of playing the all-knowing spectator to an event or social situation. An armchair general, for example, is a civilian one who believes he has all the solutions to a war which he formulated while sitting in his recliner in front of the television or while reading a newspaper.
Person 1: Our government needs to implement welfare reform, give greater tax breaks to middle and lower class, and improve international relations.

Person 2: Definitely! Someone should do something!

Person 1: I know. Our government sucks. Too bad I'm a Coffee Shop Revolutionary and won't do anything about it.

Person 2: Me too. I'm going to get another chai tea, want one?

Coffee Shop Philosopher 

"Coffee Shop Philosopher" - Noun - This is a label given to people who enjoy sitting in coffee shops and discussing philosophy. This ties into the common stereotype of philosophers and philosophy students alike; that they are coffee addicts. Other stereotypes of addiction include: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, alchohol, boring pamphlets, and marijuana.

Another associated connotation of Coffee Shop Philosopher is their subject of discourse. Generally they deal with existential or absurd(Ref. Camus) theories or discussions. Most Coffee Shop Philosophers are not well educated in philosophy in that they are more exposed to Modern and Post-Modern philosophical works, as opposed to Ancient or Scholastic thought. This generally limits discourse to Nietzche, Camus, Sartre, Simone De Beauvoir(For the female coffeshop philosophers), and a few continentals such as Kierkagard, and Heidegger.

Some use "Coffee Shop Philosopher" as a means of slander or jeering. When used in this way it connotes a certain level of authority of the person calling someone else a Coffee Shop Philosopher. Essentially they're insinuating that the one who is a Coffee Shop Philosopher is someone who only knows the tip of the iceberg of philosophy, or again they are insinuating the connotations listed above.
"Thraysmachus: Should we invite Aristophanes to the discussion?"
"Socrates: Nah, he's a Coffee Shop Philosopher."

coffee shop 

another word for a drug house...
"hey lets go score some dope at the coffee shop"
coffee shop by knoitall April 20, 2007

coffee shop 

hard song by yung joc bout cocaine being sold at a trap house
first i take they order at the coffee
then i cook it up and serve it at the coffee shop
coffee shop by real shit May 28, 2007

coffee shop 

Usually a shop where you can buy coffee, but in Amsterdam a coffee shop is not a cafe, its a shop which sells drugs, e.g. weed, hemp, hash etc.
In most streets in Amsterdam you will find a coffe shop, e.g. the Smokey Coffee Shop in Rembrantplein
coffee shop by lualua August 27, 2005

Dirty Coffee Shop 

The act of anal sex after the receiver has received but not released a coffee enema.
I hung out with Joleen last night. We enjoyed the Dirty Coffee Shop. It tickled a bit.
Dirty Coffee Shop by AdmK July 17, 2019
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