In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SOGGY
inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid
(adjective) slow and apathetic; “she was fat and inert”; “a sluggish worker”; “a mind grown torpid in old age”
doughy, soggy
(adjective) having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; “the cake fell; it’s a doughy mess”
boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
(adjective) (of soil) soft and watery; “the ground was boggy under foot”; “a marshy coastline”; “miry roads”; “wet mucky lowland”; “muddy barnyard”; “quaggy terrain”; “the sloughy edge of the pond”; “swampy bayous”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
soggy (comparative soggier, superlative soggiest)
Soaked with moisture or other liquid.
Synonyms
• drenched, saturated, sodden; see also wet
Source: Wiktionary
Sog"gy, a. [Compar. Soggier; superl. Soggiest.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. söggr damp, wet, or E. soak.]
Definition: Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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