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.
budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
budgerigar (plural budgerigars)
A species of small parakeet native to Australia and often kept as pets, Melopsittacus undulatus.
• budgie (diminutive), parakeet (US)
Source: Wiktionary
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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.