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.
BACKBITER
defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer
(noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
backbiter (plural backbiters)
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
Source: Wiktionary
Back"bit`er, n.
Definition: One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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