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.
GONCH
Etymology
Noun
gonch
(Alberta and British Columbia, slang) Men's brief-style underwear.
Usage notes
Used in British Columbia and Alberta. Gitch and gotch are variants heard east of Alberta. It is also acceptable to append -ies to any of these variants as a diminutive (like Johnny versus John), especially when referring to the underwear of male children. Gonch is both the singular and plural form: I had a pair of gonch in hand. The rest of my gonch were in the drawer The term is becoming more widespread in use as a result of the rise in popularity of Vancouver-based undergarment company GinchGonch. A gotch-pull or gonch-pull is another name for a wedgie. The term is also used in compound words. Long-gonch is another term for long, winter men's underwear. A gonch-rotter is a release of virulent flatulence, implying that the virulence destroys the underwear.
Anagrams
• Chong
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