The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
IFFY
chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy
(adjective) subject to accident or chance or change; “a chancy appeal at best”; “getting that job was definitely fluky”; “a fluky wind”; “an iffy proposition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
iffy (comparative iffier, superlative iffiest)
(slang) Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.
Uncertain or chancy.
Synonyms
• (of dubious authenticity): dodgy, dubious, fishy
• See also iffy
Anagrams
• FYFI, yiff
Source: Wiktionary
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