The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HELIOGRAM
heliogram
(noun) a message transmitted by means of the sun’s rays
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
heliogram (plural heliograms)
A message transmitted by a heliograph.
Source: Wiktionary
He"li*o*gram, n. [Helio- + -gram.]
Definition: A message transmitted by a heliograph.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INITIALISM
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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