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.
GRAWLIX
Etymology
Apparently coined by American cartoonist Mort Walker in 1964.
Noun
grawlix (plural grawlixes or grawlix or grawlices)
A spiral-shaped graphic used to indicate swearing in comic strips.
A string of typographical symbols, especially "@#$%&!", used (especially in comic strips) to represent an obscenity or swearword.
A series of violence related images in a speech bubble to represent obscenity, swearwords or profanity.
Source: Wiktionary
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