The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
AUTOPHOBY
Noun
autophoby (uncountable)
Archaic form of autophobia.
Would it were not! for I cannot hide / From my heart my growing autophoby.
Source: Wiktionary
Au*toph"o*by, n. Etym: [Auto- + Gr.
Definition: Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [R.] Hare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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