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.
FAP
Etymology 1
Late 16th century.
Adjective
fap (not comparable)
(obsolete) Drunk.
Synonyms
• See Thesaurus:drunk
Etymology 2
The phrase originates from the Viz comic strip "Finbarr Saunders and his Double Entendres", written by Simon Thorp.
Interjection
fap
(informal, internet slang) To indicate that someone (normally the speaker) is either masturbating, or inspired to by sexual arousal.
Verb
fap (third-person singular simple present faps, present participle fapping, simple past and past participle fapped)
(slang) To masturbate.
Synonyms
• See Thesaurus:masturbate
Noun
fap (plural faps)
(slang, countable) A session of masturbation.
Anagrams
• AFP, FP&A, PFA
Noun
FAP (uncountable)
(medicine) Initialism of familial adenomatous polyposis.
Anagrams
• AFP, FP&A, PFA
Source: Wiktionary
Fap, a.
Definition: Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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