Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PRIMNESS
priggishness, primness
(noun) exaggerated and arrogant properness
primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism
(noun) excessive or affected modesty
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
primness (usually uncountable, plural primnesses)
The quality or state of being prim, precise, or proper.
Source: Wiktionary
Prim"ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INITIALISM
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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