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.
SLUGFEST
fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest
(noun) a fight with bare fists
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
slugfest (plural slugfests)
(baseball, slang) A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs.
(sports) A game or match in which heavy blows are exchanged.
(sports) tough, heated contest
Lakers win slugfest over Clippers
Source: Wiktionary
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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