The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SPIFLICATE
Etymology
Apparently made up to resemble a word of Latin origin.
Verb
spiflicate (third-person singular simple present spiflicates, present participle spiflicating, simple past and past participle spiflicated)
(transitive, obsolete) To confound, silence or dumbfound.
(transitive, Provincial, obsolete) To beat severely.
(transitive, slang, obsolete) To stifle, suffocate, kill.
(transitive, obsolete) To ruin, destroy.
Source: Wiktionary
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