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.
COVERMOUNT
Etymology
Noun
covermount (plural covermounts)
A freebie, such as a compact disc, mounted on the cover of a magazine.
Verb
covermount (third-person singular simple present covermounts, present participle covermounting, simple past and past participle covermounted)
(transitive) To give away; to release for free, attached to the cover of a magazine.
Source: Wiktionary
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27 November 2024
NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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