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.
LANDSLIDE
landslide, landslip
(noun) a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
landslide
(noun) an overwhelming electoral victory; “Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
landslide (plural landslides)
A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
Synonyms
• (natural disaster): earthfall, landslip
Verb
landslide (third-person singular simple present landslides, present participle landsliding, simple past and past participle landslid)
To undergo a landslide.
Source: Wiktionary
Land"slip`, Land"slide`, n.
1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.
2. The land which slips down.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
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