In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CACK
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeia.
Noun
cack (plural cacks)
A squawk.
A discordant note.
Verb
cack (third-person singular simple present cacks, present participle cacking, simple past and past participle cacked)
(of a bird) To squawk.
(brass instrument technique) To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.
Etymology 2
Verb
cack (third-person singular simple present cacks, present participle cacking, simple past and past participle cacked)
(intransitive) To defecate.
(US, slang) To kill.
Synonyms
• (to shit): See defecate
• (to kill): See kill
Noun
cack (plural cacks)
An act of defecation.
Excrement.
Rubbish.
Synonyms
• (excrement): caca; see also feces
Etymology 3
Verb
cack (third-person singular simple present cacks, present participle cacking, simple past and past participle cacked)
(Australian slang) To laugh.
Etymology 4
Noun
cack (uncountable)
(slang) penis.
Source: Wiktionary
Cack, v. i. Etym: [OE. cakken, fr. L. cacare; akin to Gr. cac.]
Definition: To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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