Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
RIPTIDE
riptide, rip current
(noun) a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent
(noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
riptide (plural riptides)
A particularly strong tidal current
A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore (the term rip tide used in this sense is a misnomer).
Synonyms
• (strong flow of water away from the shore): rip current
Anagrams
• dirt pie, pteriid, tide rip
Source: Wiktionary
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