The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
RUSALKA
Etymology
Noun
rusalka (plural rusalkas or rusalky or rusalki)
(Slavic mythology) A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.
Hypernyms
• siren
Anagrams
• kursaal
Source: Wiktionary
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
25 December 2024
UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Coffee Trivia
