Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
OVERSAUCE
Etymology
Verb
oversauce (third-person singular simple present oversauces, present participle oversaucing, simple past and past participle oversauced)
(transitive) To cover (food) with too much sauce.
Source: Wiktionary
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IMPULSIVE
(adjective) without forethought; “letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted”
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