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.
PALILALIA
palilalia
(noun) a pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
palilalia (usually uncountable, plural palilalias)
(clinical psychology) A complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words, which may sound like stuttering.
Source: Wiktionary
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