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.
NAPOO
Etymology
Adjective
napoo (not comparable)
(military slang, now, historical) Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent. [from 20th c.]
(military slang, now, historical) Dead. [from 20th c.]
Verb
napoo (third-person singular simple present napoos, present participle napooing, simple past and past participle napooed)
(UK, army, slang) To finish; to put an end to; to kill.
Interjection
napoo
(UK, army, slang) There is no more.
Anagrams
• Poona
Source: Wiktionary
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