The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BIOPIC
Etymology
Noun
biopic (plural biopics)
(film genre) A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
Usage notes
Most American and British dictionaries give only the pronunciation with a long o, although the Cambridge US audio file has the pronunciation with /É‘/.
Synonyms
• biographical film
Source: Wiktionary
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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