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.
SPIC
immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic, spick, spotless
(adjective) completely neat and clean; “the apartment was immaculate”; “in her immaculate white uniform”; “a spick-and-span kitchen”; “their spic red-visored caps”
spic, spik, spick
(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Possibly imitative of a Hispanic pronunciation of speak. Usually considered a contraction of the earlier used spiggoty.
Noun
spic (plural spics)
(US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Spanish-speaking person, someone with a Central American or Latino accent.
Synonyms
• spick
• spiggoty
Anagrams
• CSPI, PCIs, PICS, PICs, iPSC, pics
Source: Wiktionary
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