The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SCAZON
Etymology
Noun
scazon (plural scazons)
A limping satiric meter in classical verse.
A iambic trimeter ending with a trochee or spondee.
Source: Wiktionary
Sca"zon, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. to limp.] (Lat. Pros.)
Definition: A choliamb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERTRIGO
(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
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