In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LOANSHIFT
Etymology
Noun
loanshift (plural loanshifts)
The situation in which a word changes or extends its meaning under the influence of another language.
A word whose meaning has changed in this way.
Source: Wiktionary
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12 January 2025
HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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