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.
COPTER
Etymology
Noun
copter (plural copters)
(informal) A helicopter.
Verb
copter (third-person singular simple present copters, present participle coptering, simple past and past participle coptered)
(informal, transitive) To helicopter: to transport by helicopter.
(informal, intransitive) To helicopter: to travel by helicopter.
(informal, intransitive) To move like a helicopter.
Anagrams
• ceptor
Source: Wiktionary
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