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.
MIMEO
mimeograph, mimeo, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph
(noun) a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)
mimeograph, mimeo
(verb) print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; “She mimeographed the syllabus”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Abbreviation.
Noun
mimeo (plural mimeos)
A mimeograph.
Usage notes
• (unpublished paper): May refer to a paper that is not in the process of being published or that is not part of an institutional working paper series.
Verb
mimeo (third-person singular simple present mimeos, present participle mimeoing, simple past and past participle mimeoed)
To mimeograph.
Source: Wiktionary
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