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.
SCROBBLE
Etymology 1
Verb
scrobble (third-person singular simple present scrobbles, present participle scrobbling, simple past and past participle scrobbled)
(transitive, slang) To waylay, kidnap or steal.
Etymology 2
Verb
scrobble (third-person singular simple present scrobbles, present participle scrobbling, simple past and past participle scrobbled)
(internet slang) To publish one's music-listening habits to the Internet via software, in order to track when and how often certain songs are played.
Noun
scrobble (plural scrobbles)
A datum or the aggregate data collected by this means.
Anagrams
• clobbers, cobbler's, cobblers
Source: Wiktionary
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