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.
HAMBONE
Etymology
Noun
hambone (plural hambones)
The bone at the center of a ham
(US slang, acting) A ham; an eager or inferior performer
(music, dance) A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands
(bowling, informal) Four consecutive strikes.
Synonyms
• (type of dance): Juba dance
• (inferior performer): ham, hamfatter, overactor, tear-cat
Verb
hambone (third-person singular simple present hambones, present participle hamboning, simple past and past participle hamboned)
(intransitive) To dance the hambone.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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