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.
FREEWRITE
Etymology
Verb
freewrite (third-person singular simple present freewrites, present participle freewriting, simple past freewrote, past participle freewritten)
(writing) To write continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar, or topic.
Noun
freewrite (plural freewrites)
(writing) Something that is freewritten.
Source: Wiktionary
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