The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
blandishment, cajolery, palaver
(noun) flattery intended to persuade
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cajolery (countable and uncountable, plural cajoleries)
cajolement
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*jol"er*y, n.; pl. Cajoleries (.
Definition: A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. "Infamous cajoleries." Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.