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.
KNICKS
Etymology
From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving.
Proper noun
Knicks
The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.
Etymology
Noun
knicks pl (plural only)
(British, colloquial) Knickers.
(cycling) Lycra pants (usually short) used by cyclists.
Source: Wiktionary
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DESIRABLE
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
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