An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
AUGEAN
Augean
(adjective) extremely filthy from long neglect
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Au*ge"an, a.
1. (Class. Myth.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt. Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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