In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
GREENWASH
Etymology
Noun
greenwash (plural greenwashes)
A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.
Coordinate terms: whitewash, bluewash
Verb
greenwash (third-person singular simple present greenwashes, present participle greenwashing, simple past and past participle greenwashed)
To disseminate such information about (something).
Anagrams
• Greenhaws
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; “he writes stories for the magazines”
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