The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HORNISH
Etymology
Adjective
hornish (comparative more hornish, superlative most hornish)
Somewhat like horn; hard.
Source: Wiktionary
Horn"ish, a.
Definition: Somewhat like horn; hard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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