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.
MUFFING
Etymology
In the sexual sense, popularized by Mira Bellwether's 2010 zine "Fucking Trans Women".
Verb
muffing
present participle of muff
Noun
muffing (uncountable)
(slang) Penetration of the inguinal canal (e.g. with a finger, or by pushing the testicle back inside it) as a form of sexual activity among trans women.
Source: Wiktionary
MUFF
Muff, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. muff, D. mof, G., Dan., & Sw. muff, F. moufle mitten, LL. muffula, MHG. mouwe sleeve, D. mouw, and E. muffle, v.]
1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.
3. (Glass Manuf.)
Definition: A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
4. Etym: [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. maffle to slammer.]
Definition: A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray.
5. Etym: [See 4.] (Baseball)
Definition: A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
6. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]
Muff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Muffing.]
Definition: To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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