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.
SOCCER
soccer, association football
(noun) a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents’ goal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
soccer (uncountable)
association football
Synonyms: association football (UK, formal, rarely used), soccer football, football (ambiguous), Thesaurus:football
Usage notes
• football (“soccer”) is more commonly used in the UK, Ireland, and many other places in the world, with the exception of the US, Canada, Australia, and South Africa.
Verb
soccer (third-person singular simple present soccers, present participle soccering, simple past and past participle soccered)
(Australian rules football) To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
Anagrams
• Croces, escroc, scorce
Source: Wiktionary
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