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.
METALANGUAGE
metalanguage
(noun) a language that can be used to describe languages
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
metalanguage (countable and uncountable, plural metalanguages)
(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.
(computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
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