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.
PODCAST
podcast
(verb) distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
podcast (plural podcasts)
An audio programme produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable digital audio players, such as the iPod. [from 2004]
Usage notes
The term podcast refers to the programme itself; each individual audio recording is referred to as an episode.
Verb
podcast (third-person singular simple present podcasts, present participle podcasting, simple past and past participle podcasted)
(transitive) To deliver (an audio programme) over the internet on a regular basis.
Anagrams
• podcats
Source: Wiktionary
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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