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.
MAMMY
ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy
(noun) informal terms for a mother
mammy
(noun) an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mammy (plural mammies)
(childish) mamma; mother
(US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.
Source: Wiktionary
Mam"my, n.; pl. Mammies (.
Definition: A child's name for mamma, mother.
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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