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.
CENTERFOLD
centerfold, centrefold
(noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
centerfold (plural centerfolds) (American spelling)
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
Synonyms
• (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine)
• (large photograph printed on this sheet): pin-up
• (person appearing in such a photograph): pin-up, pin-up girl (woman)
• (very sexually attractive person): babe (woman), beefcake (man), doll (woman), fox (woman), hunk (man), stud muffin (man)
Antonyms
• (very sexually attractive person): crone (woman), fright, hag (woman), monster
Anagrams
• centrefold
Source: Wiktionary
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