Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
JUPITER
Jupiter
(noun) the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky
Jupiter, Jove
(noun) (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ju"pi*ter, n. Etym: [L., fr. Jovis pater. See Jove.]
1. (Rom. Myth.)
Definition: The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity. Jupiter's beard. (Bot.) (a) A South European herb, with cymes of small red blossoms (Centranthus ruber). (b) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum); -- so called from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured beard of Jove. Prior. (c) the cloverlike Anthyllis Barba-Jovis.
– Jupiter's staff (Bot.), the common mullein; -- so called from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CUNT
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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