The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PETRICHOR
Etymology
Noun
petrichor (uncountable)
The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell.
The yellow organic oil that yields this scent.
Anagrams
• chiropter, pre-rhotic, prerhotic
Source: Wiktionary
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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