In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
PUTZ
cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, tool, putz
(noun) obscene terms for penis
putz
(noun) (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
putz (plural putzes)
(slang, pejorative) Fool, idiot.
(slang, pejorative) Jerk.
Synonym: schmuck
(slang) Penis.
Synonym: schmuck
Verb
putz (third-person singular simple present putzes, present participle putzing, simple past and past participle putzed)
(slang) Waste time.
Etymology 2
Noun
putz (plural putzes)
A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.
Verb
putz (third-person singular simple present putzes, present participle putzing, simple past and past participle putzed)
(Pennsylvania Dutch) To go around viewing the putzes in the neighborhood.
Source: Wiktionary
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15 April 2025
DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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