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.
DWEEB
swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb
(noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dweeb (plural dweebs)
(US, originally college slang, now general slang, pejorative) A boring, studious, or socially inept person. [From 1968.]
Synonyms
• See also dork
• Sometimes used alongside nerd and geek; however, dweeb does not carry the same connotations of intelligence.
Anagrams
• bedew, bewed
Source: Wiktionary
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