An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CHUMMY
chummy, buddy-buddy, thick
(adjective) (used informally) associated on close terms; “a close friend”; “the bartender was chummy with the regular customers”; “the two were thick as thieves for months”
chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy
(adjective) (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
chummy (comparative chummier or more chummy, superlative chummiest or most chummy)
(informal) Friendly; on, or trying to be on, intimate terms.
Synonym: familiar
Antonym: mannered
Noun
chummy (plural chummies)
synonym of chum
(obsolete) A boy who works for a chimney sweep.
(police slang) Nickname for a person, especially a suspect or criminal.
Source: Wiktionary
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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