The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
RIVALITY
Etymology
Noun
rivality (countable and uncountable, plural rivalities)
(obsolete) rivalry; competition
(obsolete) equality, as of right or rank
Anagrams
• virality
Source: Wiktionary
Ri*val"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. rivalitas: cf. F. rivalité.]
1. Rivalry; competition. [Obs.]
2. Equality, as of right or rank. [Obs.] hak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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