The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
IMPASSIVITY
emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality
(noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
impassivity (usually uncountable, plural impassivities)
The state of being impassive.
Source: Wiktionary
Im`pas*siv"i*ty, n.
Definition: The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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