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.
RUNCIBLE
Etymology
Adjective
runcible (not comparable)
(humorous) A nonce word used for humorous effect, and perhaps originally to maintain the number of syllables in lines of poems. [from c. 1870]
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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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