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.
FLATMATE
flatmate
(noun) an associate who shares an apartment with you
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
flatmate (plural flatmates)
A person with whom one shares a flat.
(UK, Ireland, NZ) A person with whom one shares any rental dwelling, not necessarily a flat.
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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