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.
KAZOO
kazoo
(noun) a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Probably onomatopoeic.
Noun
kazoo (plural kazoos)
(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument (membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.
Verb
kazoo (third-person singular simple present kazoos, present participle kazooing, simple past and past participle kazooed)
to play the kazoo.
Source: Wiktionary
Ka*zoo", n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A kind of toy or rude musical instrument, as a tube inside of which is a stretched string made to vibrate by singing or humming into the tube.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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