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.
MUGGLE
Etymology 1
Noun
muggle (countable and uncountable, plural muggles) (originally, US, slang, dated)
(uncountable, chiefly, in the plural) Marijuana. [from mid 1920s]
Synonym: Thesaurus:marijuana
(countable) A marijuana cigarette; a joint. [from mid 1920s]
Synonym: Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
Etymology 2
Noun
muggle (plural muggles)
Alternative letter-case form of Muggle
A person who has no magical abilities.
(by extension) A person who lacks a particular ability or skill; a non-specialist; also, a person who is not a member of a group; an outsider.
(geocaching, specifically) A person not involved in the pastime of geocaching.
Antonym: geocacher
Verb
muggle (third-person singular simple present muggles, present participle muggling, simple past and past participle muggled)
(transitive, geocaching) To deface, destroy, or remove a geocache.
Etymology 3
Verb
muggle (third-person singular simple present muggles, present participle muggling, simple past and past participle muggled)
(intransitive, Britain, dialectal) Often followed by along: to live or work in an unorganized and unplanned way; to muddle along.
Etymology
Noun
Muggle (plural Muggles)
A person who has no magical abilities.
(by extension) A person who lacks a particular ability or skill; a non-specialist; also, a person who is not a member of a group; an outsider or cowan.
Synonym: Thesaurus:mainstreamer
(geocaching, specifically) A person not involved in the pastime of geocaching.
Source: Wiktionary
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