The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
PERVERSITY
perversity, perverseness
(noun) deliberately deviating from what is good; “there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism”
contrariness, perversity, perverseness
(noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
perversity (countable and uncountable, plural perversities)
The quality of being perverse.
A perverse act.
Source: Wiktionary
Per*ver"si*ty, n. Etym: [L. perversitas: cf. F. perversité.]
Definition: The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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