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.
CONLANG
Etymology
Noun
conlang (plural conlangs)
A constructed language; a language that has been artificially constructed, such as Volapük, Esperanto, Quenya or Klingon.
Synonyms
• artificial language
• constructed language
• planned language
Verb
conlang (third-person singular simple present conlangs, present participle conlanging, simple past and past participle conlanged)
To make a constructed language.
Brithenig was conlanged with the purpose of looking how Welsh might have developed if it were a Romance language.
Source: Wiktionary
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ODONTOGLOSSUM
(noun) any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors
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