The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BRAINSICK
brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
(adjective) affected with madness or insanity; “a man who had gone mad”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
brainsick (comparative more brainsick, superlative most brainsick)
Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
Source: Wiktionary
Brain"sick`, a.
Definition: Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
– Brain"sick*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNMARRIED
(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”
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