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.
MAMMERS
Verb
mammers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mammer
Source: Wiktionary
MAMMER
Mam"mer, v. i. Etym: [Cf. G. memme coward, poltroon.]
Definition: To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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