You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
SPLINTERY
splintery
(adjective) subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
splintery, slivery
(adjective) resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; “a rough splintery floor of old pine boards”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
splintery (comparative more splintery, superlative most splintery)
Having many splinters.
Given to splintering.
Source: Wiktionary
Splin"ter*y (-y), a.
Definition: Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.
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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