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.
BOBBITT
Etymology
From the surname of John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife cut off his penis during his sleep.
Verb
bobbitt (third-person singular simple present bobbitts, present participle bobbitting, simple past and past participle bobbitted)
(informal, transitive) To cut off the penis of (a man).
Etymology
Proper noun
Bobbitt
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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