The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
AFEAR
Etymology
Verb
afear (third-person singular simple present afears, present participle afearing, simple past and past participle afeared)
(obsolete or dialectal) To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
Anagrams
• afare
Source: Wiktionary
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19 June 2025
ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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