Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
AFTERSHOCK
aftershock
(noun) a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aftershock (countable and uncountable, plural aftershocks)
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
Antonyms
• foreshock
Source: Wiktionary
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10 January 2025
INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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