In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
FRUITY
balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; “it used to drive my husband balmy”
fruity
(adjective) tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fruity (comparative fruitier, superlative fruitiest)
Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.
Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit.
(informal) Mad, crazy.
(informal, derogatory, LGBT, of a male) Effeminate or otherwise flamboyant or homosexual.
(British, informal) Sexually suggestive.
Synonyms
• See also insane
Source: Wiktionary
Fruit"y, a.
Definition: Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INSULATION
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
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