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.
SMITHEREENS
smithereens
(noun) a collection of small fragments considered as a whole; “Berlin was bombed to smithereens”; “his hopes were dashed to smithereens”; “I wanted to smash him to smithereens”; “the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
smithereens pl (plural only) (rare singular smithereen)
Fragments or splintered pieces; numerous tiny disconnected items.
Synonyms
• shivereens
• smithers
• shards
Anagrams
• intermeshes
Noun
Smithereens
plural of Smithereen
Anagrams
• intermeshes
Source: Wiktionary
Smith`er*eens", n. pl.
Definition: Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] W. Black.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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