“Lemme get a grande ice mocha no foam quad soy hexagon vortex hypotenuse” (coffee joke)

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Entry from December 25, 2019

“Lemme get a grande ice mocha no foam quad soy hexagon vortex hypotenuse” (coffee joke)

A joke about coffee ordering has been printed on many images:

“I swear people be at Starbucks just saying random ish, ‘Lemme get a grande ice mocha no foam quad soy hexagon vortex hypotenuse.’”

“i swear some people at starbucks (couple days ago @Target) ‘lemme get a grande iced mocha no foam quad soy hexagon hypotenuse’” was posted on Twitter by rosie on February 3, 2016.

Twitter
rosie
@rrosiestone
i swear some people at starbucks
(couple days ago @Target)
“lemme get a grande iced mocha no foam quad soy hexagon hypotenuse”
7:51 PM · Feb 3, 2016·Twitter for Android

Twitter
GTStudents
@GTStudents
Hearing people order ....“can I get a venti caramel mocha, no foam, quad, soy, hexagon, vortex, hypotenuse, extra whip, nae nae?” 🤔
9:15 AM · Feb 8, 2016·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Jianinä
@EstrellaJianina
“Lemme get a grande ice mocha no foam quad soy hexagon vortex hypotenuse.” 😂😂😂
8:11 AM · Feb 15, 2016·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Darian Moss
@moss_darian
I swear people in Starbucks just saying Radom ish 🙄🙄
“Lemme get a grande iced mocha no foam quad soy hexagon vortex hypotenuse”
10:49 AM · Feb 15, 2016·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Heika
@Gadjjet
People at Starbucks say the most random shit. “Lemme get a grande Iced mocha no foam quad soy hexagon vortex hypotenuse” Like WTF?
5:50 PM · Feb 15, 2016·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Vaishali Singh
@imvaishalisingh
I swear, people at coffee shops are just saying random things : ‘Lemme get a grande iced mocha no foam quad soy hexagon vortex hypotenuse’
Or may be not.
Hum chai peene waley desi log kya jaane coffee ki sophistication! ☕😜
1:17 AM · Jul 26, 2019·Twitter for Android

Twitter
💋Makeup💄Fanatic💋
@MakeUp_n_Beauty
I swear people at Starbuck’s just ramble random shit when they order…
“Let me get a grande iced mocha no foam quad soy hexagon vortex hypotenuse shaken not stirred.” 😳
10:17 PM · Oct 23, 2019·TweetDeck

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