The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BYRD
Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Admiral Byrd
(noun) explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)
Byrd, William Byrd
(noun) English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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24 May 2025
EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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