The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
IMMATURITY
immaturity, immatureness
(noun) not having reached maturity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
immaturity (countable and uncountable, plural immaturities)
Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown
Antonyms
• maturity
Source: Wiktionary
Im`ma*tu"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. immaturitas: cf. F. immaturité.]
Definition: The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness. When the world has outgrown its intellectual immaturity. Caird.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MASQUERADE
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; “he is masquerading as an expert on the internet”; “This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
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