The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DUNNO
Etymology
Contraction
dunno
Eye dialect spelling of do not know; eye dialect spelling of does not know.
Usage notes
This is one of the only verb forms in English that regularly does not require a pronoun. When the pronoun is not given, it is assumed to be I; all other pronouns must be given. It is never mandatory to drop I, although it is most common to do so when dunno is the only word in the sentence.
Noun
dunno (plural dunnos)
An utterance of the word dunno.
Source: Wiktionary
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