An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SKOOKUM
Etymology
Adjective
skookum (comparative more skookum, superlative most skookum)
(chiefly, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest US) Excellent, impressive.
(chiefly, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest US) Big, strong, durable, reliable, trustworthy, doughty.
Noun
skookum (plural skookums)
(chiefly, among Northwest Coast Aboriginal people) An evil spirit or woodland monster or giant.
A type of doll based on the mythical woodland monster.
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• kookums
Noun
Skookum (plural Skookums)
A domestic cat of a small, short-legged breed.
(US, historical) A kind of Native American-themed souvenir doll once common in tourist areas.
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• kookums
Source: Wiktionary
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ELOQUENCE
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
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