Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
HOMOPHOBIA
homophobia
(noun) prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
homophobia (countable and uncountable, plural homophobias)
Fear of, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals.
Usage notes
• In the 1990s, behavioral scientists William O'Donohue and Christine Caselles argued that the term homophobia was pejorative. In 2012, the Associated Press Stylebook was revised to advise against using -phobia words in non-clinical ways, and AP editor Dave Minthorn suggested replacing "homophobic" with "anti-gay".
Synonyms
• (fear of homosexuality): homoerotophobia, heterosexism, homophobism, gay-hate, gaycism, gayphobia
• (dislike of homosexuality): gay-hate
Hyponyms
• gayphobia
• lesbophobia
• dykephobia
Etymology 2
Noun
homophobia (uncountable)
(obsolete, individual occurrences) A pathological fear of mankind.
Synonyms
• (fear of mankind): anthropophobia
Source: Wiktionary
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ADMIRABLE
(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; “an estimable young professor”; “trains ran with admirable precision”; “his taste was impeccable, his health admirable”
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