The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SNIT
snit
(noun) a state of agitated irritation; “he was in a snit”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
snit (plural snits)
A temper; a lack of patience; a bad mood.
A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2 jiggers, 3 U.S. fluid ounces, or 88.7 milliliters.
(US, dialect) A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois.
Anagrams
• Inst., NIST, NTIS, TINs, Tsin, inst., ints, isn't, nits, tins
Source: Wiktionary
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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