In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ANNIHILATIONISM
Etymology
Noun
annihilationism (uncountable)
(theology) The Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed rather than being confined to Hell.
(politics) Advocacy of, or a policy of, annihilating a certain (racial, religious, etc) group; eliminationism.
Source: Wiktionary
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INTERTRIGO
(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
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