The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
rewording, recasting, rephrasing
(noun) changing a particular word or phrase
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recasting
present participle of recast
recasting (countable and uncountable, plural recastings)
The casting of something into a different form; a transformation.
(finance) The adjustment of a loan that would otherwise be defaulted.
• castering, caterings, citranges, creatings
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cast", v. t.
1. To throw again. Florio.
2. To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new from a shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an argument or a play.
3. To compute, or cast up, a second time.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.