Pliny, Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus
(noun) Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
Pliny, Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
(noun) Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
11 June 2025
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
