Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
BACKLOG
backlog
(noun) an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
reserve, backlog, stockpile
(noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
backlog
(noun) the large log at the back of a hearth fire
backlog
(verb) accumulate and create a backlog
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
backlog (plural backlogs)
A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
A reserve source or supply.
An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders or unfinished work.
(video games) In visual novels, a log containing text previously read.
Verb
backlog (third-person singular simple present backlogs, present participle backlogging, simple past and past participle backlogged)
(transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
Anagrams
• gablock
Source: Wiktionary
Back"log`, n. Etym: [Back, a. + log.]
Definition: A large stick of wood, forming the of a fire on the hearth. [U.S.] There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes. S. G. Goodrich.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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