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.
DOOFER
Etymology 1
Noun
doofer (plural doofers)
(slang) An object the name of which the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know. [from 1930s]
(slang, specifically) The remote control for a television.
Synonyms
• See thingy
Etymology 2
Noun
doofer (plural doofers)
(Australia, slang) A participant in a doof (“outdoor dance party held in remote bushland or on the outskirts of a city”).
Anagrams
• deroof, fooder, foredo, roofed
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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