In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ANTIFREEZE
antifreeze
(noun) a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
antifreeze (countable and uncountable, plural antifreezes)
A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water;
(automobiles) Automotive antifreeze, a solution of ethylene glycol, used as an additive to water or replacement for water, in the radiators of motorcars.
(aviation) Deicer, a heated glycol solution used to remove ice from the aerodynamic surfaces of airplanes, and prevent icing while on the tarmac.
Usage notes
• The plural form antifreezes is used only if more than one kind of antifreeze is meant.
Source: Wiktionary
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ABSOLUTELY
(adverb) completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; “an absolutely magnificent painting”; “a perfectly idiotic idea”; “you’re perfectly right”; “utterly miserable”; “you can be dead sure of my innocence”; “was dead tired”; “dead right”
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