The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OVERSKATE
Etymology
Verb
overskate (third-person singular simple present overskates, present participle overskating, simple past and past participle overskated)
(transitive, ice hockey) To skate beyond the puck, thus losing control of it.
Anagrams
• overtakes, skate over, takeovers, takes over
Source: Wiktionary
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NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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