PUSHBACK

Etymology

Noun

pushback (countable and uncountable, plural pushbacks)

The act of repelling an enemy, etc.

A procedure in which an aircraft is pushed backwards away from the gate by some external force, usually a special tractor.

Criticism of or resistance to a proposal, stance, or event.

(rare, nonstandard) Backlash of any sort.

Source: Wiktionary



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COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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