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.
BOOFY
Etymology 1
Adjective
boofy (comparative boofier, superlative boofiest)
(Australia, colloquial) Of hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.
Etymology 2
Adjective
boofy (comparative boofier, superlative boofiest)
(Australia, colloquial) Brawny, overtly masculine and rather dim-witted.
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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