The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
FOOBAR
Etymology
Noun
foobar
(slang) A serious mistake.
(programming) A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.
Source: Wiktionary
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IMMOBILIZATION
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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