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.
SCHLEMIEL
schlemiel, shlemiel
(noun) (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
schlemiel (plural schlemiels)
A loser or a fool.
A person who is clumsy or who hurts others emotionally.
Source: Wiktionary
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3 February 2025
CRAZY
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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