The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
LOSELS
Noun
losels
plural of losel
Source: Wiktionary
LOSEL
Los"el, n. Etym: [From the root of lose, loss. Lorel.]
Definition: One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel. [Archaic] Spenser. One sad losel soils a name for aye. Byron.
Los"el, a.
Definition: Wasteful; slothful.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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