The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PSEUDOSCOPE
Etymology
Noun
pseudoscope (plural pseudoscopes)
(optics) An optical instrument that reverses perception of depth.
Source: Wiktionary
Pseu"do*scope, n. Etym: [Pseudo- + -scope.] (Opt.)
Definition: An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope. Wheatstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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