In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
RENORMALIZATION
Etymology
Noun
renormalization (plural renormalizations)
(physics) any of several techniques in statistical mechanics and quantum electrodynamics used to construct mathematical relationships between observable quantities
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DITHER
(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”
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