According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
CHIASMUS
chiasmus
(noun) inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chiasmus (countable and uncountable, plural chiasmi or chiasmuses)
(rhetoric) An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.
Source: Wiktionary
Chi*as"mus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Chiasm.] (Rhet.)
Definition: An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus, If e'er to bless thy sons My voice or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. Dwight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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