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.
SHNORRER
schnorrer, shnorrer
(noun) (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shnorrer (plural shnorrers)
One who shnors.
Source: Wiktionary
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NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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