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.
BORSTAL
borstal
(noun) formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
borstal (plural borstals)
(UK) A way up a hill in the South Downs.
(historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
Synonym: reformatory
(British, Ireland) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
Anagrams
• Bartols, blastor
Proper noun
Borstal
A suburb of, formerly a village in Rochester, Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7366).
Anagrams
• Bartols, blastor
Source: Wiktionary
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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