The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
NEWSPEAK
newspeak
(noun) deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public; “the welfare state brought its own newspeak”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Newspeak
The fictional language devised to meet the needs of Ingsoc in the novel Nineteen Eighty-four (George Orwell, 1949). Designed to restrict the words, and thereby the thoughts, of the citizens of Oceania.
(computer languages) A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from Smalltalk, supporting both object-oriented and functional programming.
Noun
Newspeak (usually uncountable, plural Newspeaks)
Alternative spelling of newspeak
Etymology
Noun
newspeak (usually uncountable, plural newspeaks)
Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.
Source: Wiktionary
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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