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.
FINFISH
Etymology
Noun
finfish (plural finfishes or finfish)
Any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish
Usage notes
• Used industrially to denote ordinary fish, rather than flatfish, eels and other seafood.
Source: Wiktionary
Fin"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A finback whale. (b) (pl.) True fish, as distinguished from shellfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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