In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CRUDDY
cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty
(adjective) characterized by obscenity; “had a filthy mouth”; “foul language”; “smutty jokes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cruddy (comparative cruddier, superlative cruddiest)
(slang) Full of crud.
(slang) Crummy, lousy, worthless.
(slang) Annoying, irritating.
(obsolete) Coagulated.
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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