The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronisation, desynchronizing
(noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; “the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
13 February 2025
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.