The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BACCHIC
bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic
(adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking; “a night of bacchanalian revelry”; “carousing bands of drunken soldiers”; “orgiastic festivity”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bacchic (comparative more bacchic, superlative most bacchic)
Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication; bacchanalian.
Adjective
Bacchic (comparative more Bacchic, superlative most Bacchic)
Alternative spelling of bacchic
Source: Wiktionary
Bac"chic, Bac"chic*al, a. Etym: [L. Bacchicus, Gr.
Definition: Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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