The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SLIPPY
slippery, slippy
(adjective) causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; “slippery sidewalks”; “a slippery bar of soap”; “the streets are still slippy from the rain”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
slippy (comparative slippier, superlative slippiest)
(slightly informal) Slippery.
(dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
Source: Wiktionary
Slip"py, a. Etym: [AS. slipeg.]
Definition: Slippery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GLUED
(adjective) affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; “he stayed glued to one spot”; “pieces of pasted paper”
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