In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PLING
Etymology
Noun
pling (plural plings)
(computing, dated) The symbol ! (an exclamation mark).
Usage notes
• Associated with Acorn Computers, e.g. used in the 1980 manual for the Acorn Atom, Atomic Theory and Practice by David Johnson-Davies.
Source: Wiktionary
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