The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
FOREKNOWLEDGE
precognition, foreknowledge
(noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
foreknowledge (usually uncountable, plural foreknowledges)
Knowing beforehand, prescience, foresight, precognition
Source: Wiktionary
Fore*knowl"edge, n.
Definition: Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPOTHETICAL
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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