An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
REVERIE
reverie, revery
(noun) an abstracted state of absorption
reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain
(noun) absentminded dreaming while awake
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
reverie (countable and uncountable, plural reveries)
A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [1657]
An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.
Synonyms
• (state of dreaming while awake): air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism
Etymology 2
Noun
reverie (plural reveries)
(archaic) A caper, a frolic; merriment. [mid 14th Century]
Source: Wiktionary
Rev"er*ie, Rev"er*y, n.; pl. Reveries. Etym: [F. réverie, fr. rêver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. Rave.]
1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. "Rapt in nameless reveries." Tennyson. When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. Locke.
2. An extravagant concient of the fancy; a vision. [R.] There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CUNT
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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