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.
BUMF
bumf, bumph
(noun) reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bumf (uncountable)
(British, obsolete) Toilet paper.
(pejorative) Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
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19 June 2025
ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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