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.
PROFANITY
profanity
(noun) vulgar or irreverent speech or action
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
profanity (countable and uncountable, plural profanities)
(uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
(countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*fan"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. profanitas.]
1. The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.
2. That which is profane; profane language or acts. The brisk interchange of profanity and folly. Buckminster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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