An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SPOONEY
Adjective
spooney (comparative spoonier, superlative spooniest)
Alternative spelling of spoony
Noun
spooney (plural spooneys)
Alternative spelling of spoony
Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
Source: Wiktionary
Spoon"ey, a.
Definition: Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers. [Spelt also spoony.] [Colloq.]
Spoon"ey, n.; pl. Spooneye (.
Definition: A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond. [Colloq.] There is no doubt, whatever, that I was a lackadaisical young spooney. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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