The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
GARISHNESS
garishness, gaudiness
(noun) strident color or excessive ornamentation
flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz
(noun) tasteless showiness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
garishness (countable and uncountable, plural garishnesses)
The quality of being garish.
Anagrams
• Hassingers
Source: Wiktionary
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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