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.
HOWDY
hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do
(noun) an expression of greeting; “every morning they exchanged polite hellos”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Shortened form of "how d'ye do" (i.e. how do you do) or less commonly "how do you fare?".
Interjection
howdy
(informal) An informal greeting.
Noun
howdy (plural howdies)
(Scotland) A wife, a midwife.
Verb
howdy (third-person singular simple present howdies, present participle howdying, simple past and past participle howdied)
(transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
Source: Wiktionary
How"dy, n. Etym: [Scot., also houdy- wife. Of uncertain origin; cf. OSw. jordgumma; or perh. fr. E. how d'ye.]
Definition: A midwife. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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