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.
PINKO
pinko, pink
(noun) a person with mildly leftist political views
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pinko (plural pinkos or pinkoes)
(informal, often, derogatory) A socialist who is not wholly communist. [from mid-1930s]
Source: Wiktionary
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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