An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
FIRK
Etymology 1
Verb
firk (third-person singular simple present firks, present participle firking, simple past and past participle firked)
(transitive) To carry away or about; carry; move.
(transitive) To drive away.
(transitive) To rouse; raise up.
(intransitive) To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
Noun
firk (plural firks)
A stroke; lash.
Etymology 2
Noun
firk (plural firks)
(UK dialectal) A freak; trick; quirk.
Source: Wiktionary
Firk, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OE. ferken to proceed, hasten, AS. fercian to bring, assist; perh. akin to faran to go, E. fare.]
Definition: To beat; to strike; to chastise. [Obs.] I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak.
Firk, v. i.
Definition: To fly out; to turn out; to go off. [Obs.] A wench is a rare bait, with which a man No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.B.Jonson.
Firk, n.
Definition: A freak; trick; quirk. [Obs.] Ford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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