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.
JINGO
chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer
(noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
jingo (plural jingos or jingoes)
One who supports policy favouring war.
Anagrams
• GijĂłn
Source: Wiktionary
Jin"go, n.; pl. Jingoes. Etym: [Said to be a corruption of St. Gingoulph.]
1. A word used as a jocular oath. "By the living jingo." Goldsmith.
2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs. [Cant, Eng.]
Note: This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines were as follows: -- We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do, We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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