Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ADMASS
admass
(noun) the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
admass (uncountable)
(dated, British) That part of society that is influenced by mass media advertising. [from 1955]
Anagrams
• Samads
Source: Wiktionary
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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