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.
AIRBALL
Etymology
Noun
airball (plural airballs)
(basketball) A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
Verb
airball (third-person singular simple present airballs, present participle airballing, simple past and past participle airballed)
(basketball) To throw an airball
Anagrams
• Barilla, barilla
Source: Wiktionary
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