The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SLATELIKE
Etymology
Adjective
slatelike (comparative more slatelike, superlative most slatelike)
Resembling slate.
Synonyms
• slaty
Source: Wiktionary
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24 May 2025
EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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