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.
BEDWETTER
bedwetter, bed wetter, wetter
(noun) someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bedwetter (plural bedwetters)
(pejorative) A person who (habitually) urinates in his or her bed (during sleep).
(pejorative) A cowardly person.
Source: Wiktionary
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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