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.
BACKSPACE
backspace
(verb) hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; “To erase, you must backspace”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
backspace (plural backspaces)
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
Verb
backspace (third-person singular simple present backspaces, present participle backspacing, simple past and past participle backspaced)
(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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