Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
QUEERED
Verb
queered
simple past tense and past participle of queer
Source: Wiktionary
QUEER
Queer, a. [Compar. Queerer; superl. Queerest.] Etym: [G. quer cross, oblique, athwart (cf. querkopf a queer fellow), OHG. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to D. dvars, AS, þweorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel. þverr thwart, transverse, Goth. þwaìrhs angry, and perh. to L. torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf. Torture, Through, Thwart, a.]
1. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. " A queer look." W. Irving.
2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction. [Colloq.]
Queer, n.
Definition: Counterfeit money. [Slang] To shove the queer, to put counterfeit money in circulation. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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