In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
BODACIOUS
audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent
(adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety; “an audacious trick to pull”; “a barefaced hypocrite”; “the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim”- Los Angeles Times; “bald-faced lies”; “brazen arrogance”; “the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress”- Bertrand Russell
bodacious
(adjective) incorrigible; “a bodacious gossip”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bodacious (comparative more bodacious, superlative most bodacious)
(US) Audacious and unrestrained.
(US) Incorrigible and insolent.
(Australian slang, US slang) Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.
(of a person) Sexy, attractive.
Adverb
bodacious (comparative more bodacious, superlative most bodacious)
(US, nonstandard) Bodaciously.
Source: Wiktionary
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