According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
BACKSLASH
Etymology
Noun
backslash (plural backslashes)
The punctuation mark \.
(computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
Usage notes
• Sometimes used to indicate the beginning and ending of an area of words being marked for correction.
Synonyms
• reverse solidus
• slosh
• whack
Antonyms
• slash
Coordinate terms
• slash
Verb
backslash (third-person singular simple present backslashes, present participle backslashing, simple past and past participle backslashed)
(computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
Source: Wiktionary
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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