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.
POMMIE
Etymology
Noun
pommie (plural pommies)
(colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, sometimes pejorative) An English immigrant; a pom.
Adjective
pommie (not comparable)
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, sometimes, pejorative) English; British.
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Source: Wiktionary
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