doormat, welcome mat
(noun) a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering
weakling, doormat, wuss
(noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
Source: WordNet® 3.1
doormat (plural doormats)
A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.
(figuratively) Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes.
Source: Wiktionary
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
