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.
GONER
goner, toast
(noun) a person in desperate straits; someone doomed; “I’m a goner if this plan doesn’t work”; “one mistake and you’re toast”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
goner (plural goners)
(informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case.
Anagrams
• Egnor, Goren, Groen, Negro, Norge, Rengo, Rogen, ergon, genro, grone, negro, ornge, reong
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