BOVVER

Etymology

Noun

bovver (countable and uncountable, plural bovvers)

Pronunciation spelling of bother.

(British, slang) Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs.

Interjection

bovver

Pronunciation spelling of bother.

Source: Wiktionary



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POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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