An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
HOBGOBLIN
bugbear, hobgoblin
(noun) an object of dread or apprehension; “Germany was always a bugbear for France”; “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”--Ralph Waldo Emerson
goblin, hob, hobgoblin
(noun) (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hobgoblin (plural hobgoblins)
A small, ugly goblin that makes trouble for humans. [from 1520s]
(by extension) A source of dread, fear or apprehension; a bugbear.
Synonyms
• (hostile supernatural creature): See goblin
Source: Wiktionary
Hob"gob`lin, n. Etym: [See 2d Hob, and Goblin.]
Definition: A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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