An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
INCIVILITY
incivility
(noun) deliberate discourtesy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
incivility (countable and uncountable, plural incivilities)
(uncountable) The state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner.
Synonym: impoliteness
(countable) Any act of rudeness or ill-breeding.
(uncountable) Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ci*vil"i*ty, n.; pl. Incivilities. Etym: [L. incivilitas: cf. F. incivilité.]
1. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Shak. Tillotson.
2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding. Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities. Jer. Taylor.
3. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Syn.
– Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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