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.
SPLASHBOARD
splashboard, splasher, dashboard
(noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.
washboard, splashboard
(noun) protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
splashboard (plural splashboards)
A guard towards the front of a vehicle, to prevent splashing by mud or water from the road.
Source: Wiktionary
Splash"board`, n.
Definition: A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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