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.
DOX
Etymology
Noun
dox pl (plural only)
(slang) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
Verb
dox (third-person singular simple present doxes, present participle doxing, simple past and past participle doxed)
Alternative form of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) on the Internet”)
Source: Wiktionary
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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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