Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
IXNAY
Etymology
Interjection
ixnay
No.
Verb
ixnay (third-person singular simple present ixnays, present participle ixnaying, simple past and past participle ixnayed)
(slang, intransitive, usually in an imperative) Do not do or talk about (something); often followed by Pig Latin.
(slang, transitive) To reject something.
Source: Wiktionary
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