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.
PRESHOW
Etymology
Verb
preshow (third-person singular simple present preshows, present participle preshowing, simple past preshowed, past participle preshown)
(transitive) To show in advance.
Noun
preshow (plural preshows)
A lesser show that occurs before the main entertainment.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*show", v. t.
Definition: To foreshow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPOTHETICAL
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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