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.
HUBBUB
hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer
(noun) loud confused noise from many sources
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hubbub (plural hubbubs)
A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.
Synonyms
• See also commotion
Verb
hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubbing or hubbubing, simple past and past participle hubbubbed or hubbubed)
(intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.
Source: Wiktionary
Hub"bub, n. Etym: [Cf. Whoobub, Whoop, Hoop, v. i.]
Definition: A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar. Milton. This hubbub of unmeaning words. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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