An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
NEOLOGY
neologism, neology, coinage
(noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase
neologism, neology, coinage
(noun) a newly invented word or phrase
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
neology (countable and uncountable, plural neologies)
The study or art of neologizing (creating new words).
(obsolete) The holding of novel or rational religious views.
Anagrams
• enology
Source: Wiktionary
Ne*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Neo- + -logy: cf. F. néologie.]
1. The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language; as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology.
2. A new doctrine; esp. (Theol.), a doctrine at variance with the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of theological interpretation; rationalism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOUBLETREE
(noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast
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