FOOTFAULT

footfault

(noun) a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

footfault (third-person singular simple present footfaults, present participle footfaulting, simple past and past participle footfaulted)

(tennis, intransitive) To commit a foot fault.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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