The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OVERPOST
Etymology
Verb
overpost (third-person singular simple present overposts, present participle overposting, simple past and past participle overposted)
To post too much or too often.
To pass over swiftly, as if by post.
(cartography) To print a text label or other graphic feature on top of another symbol.
To place a poster so that it covers all or part of another poster.
(computing) To breach security by overwriting data that is not intended for user input.
Noun
overpost (plural overposts)
(accounting) An entry that has been posted more than once to a journal.
(cartography) An overlap of two graphic elements.
Anagrams
• overpots, overtops, proovest, stop over, stop-over, stopover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*post", v. t.
Definition: To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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