Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
GASLIGHT
gaslight
(noun) light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
gaslight (countable and uncountable, plural gaslights) (Britain, historical)
A lamp which operates by burning piped illuminating gas.
Synonym: gas lamp (US)
The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.
Hypernyms
• lamp
• light
Etymology 2
Verb
gaslight (third-person singular simple present gaslights, present participle gaslighting, simple past and past participle gaslit or gaslighted)
(transitive) To manipulate (someone) psychologically such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity, thereby evoking in them cognitive dissonance and low self-esteem.
Synonym: head-game
Source: Wiktionary
Gas"light`, n.
1. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
2. A gas jet or burner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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