The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
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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