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.
SQUAWKER
whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker
(noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
squawker (plural squawkers)
Something that squawks.
A person who complains or protests noisily.
(slang) An informant; a stool pigeon.
A loudspeaker used for frequencies intermediate between those of a woofer and a tweeter.
(slang) The radio used in police vehicles to keep in contact with headquarters.
Source: Wiktionary
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