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.
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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