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.
EVERYMAN
everyman
(noun) the ordinary person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520)
Noun
everyman (plural everymen)
In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.
Source: Wiktionary
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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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