The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OBSIGNED
Verb
obsigned
simple past tense and past participle of obsign
Source: Wiktionary
OBSIGN
Ob*sign", v. t. Etym: [See Obsignate.]
Definition: To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp. [Obs.] Bradford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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24 May 2025
EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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