In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BEPUFF
Etymology
Verb
bepuff (third-person singular simple present bepuffs, present participle bepuffing, simple past and past participle bepuffed)
(archaic) To puff out.
(archaic, transitive) To puff; praise fulsomely; bepraise.
Synonyms
• hype
Source: Wiktionary
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Word of the Day
31 March 2025
IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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