In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ICKY
gooey, icky
(adjective) soft and sticky
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky
(adjective) very bad; “a lousy play”; “it’s a stinking world”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
1935, American English; from icky-boo (circa 1920): sickly, nauseated; baby talk corruption of sick; from a sentimental term for Jazz music.
Adjective
icky (comparative ickier, superlative ickiest)
(informal) Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
(informal) Excessively sentimental.
(informal) Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.
Source: Wiktionary
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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