Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OFFICIALISM
Etymology
Noun
officialism (countable and uncountable, plural officialisms)
The rigid, perfunctory and literal adherence to official duties and regulations
Officials collectively
Source: Wiktionary
Of*fi"cial*ism, n.
Definition: The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism. Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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