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.
SPINOUT
Etymology
Noun
spinout (plural spinouts)
(automotive) A skid that results in a car rotating so as not to be oriented in the direction of linear motion.
(business) The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
Synonyms
• (formation of a subsidiary company): spin-off
Anagrams
• nip-outs, outspin, pinouts, sit upon, sit-upon, spoutin', unipots
Source: Wiktionary
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