In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
JUNKIE
addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky
(noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; “a golf addict”; “a car nut”; “a bodybuilding freak”; “a news junkie”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
junkie (plural junkies)
(slang, pejorative) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.
Synonyms: drug addict, Thesaurus:addict
(slang, by extension) An enthusiast of something.
Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, Thesaurus:fan
Source: Wiktionary
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