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.
BASTARDY
bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister
(noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bastardy (countable and uncountable, plural bastardies)
(legal) The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman or as the fruit of adultery.
Source: Wiktionary
Bas"tar*dy, n.
1. The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.
2. The procreation of a bastard child. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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