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.
KEYSTROKE
keystroke, key stroke
(noun) the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard; “the number of keystrokes was used as a measure of work”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
keystroke (plural keystrokes)
The act of pressing an input key; a keypress on a computer keyboard or a typewriter, or a similar input device.
Verb
keystroke (third-person singular simple present keystrokes, present participle keystroking, simple past and past participle keystroked)
To enter (data etc.) by pressing keys on a keyboard.
Source: Wiktionary
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SINCERE
(adjective) open and genuine; not deceitful; “he was a good man, decent and sincere”; “felt sincere regret that they were leaving”; “sincere friendship”
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